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Southern Railway 0-6-0 Q1 class steam locomotive, No C1

1942

Artificial right arm

1943

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Meteorological Office aneroid barometer Mark I

1940

Oxygen cylinder used by climbers on 1953 Mount Everest expedition

1952-3

Saucer, ceramic, by Alfred Meakin

1940

Radio with Bakelite case

1940

'Picture Post' magazine. March 6, 1943

1943

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Amateur radio call books, 1938 and 1951

1938 and 1951

Vessel for growing Mould, used in Oxford, England, 1942

1940-1944

Glass bottle of penicillin powder

1943

Penicillin powder in bottle

1942

Welded Coins from York Station from 1942 Bombing

1942

Open scale barograph by Short & Mason Ltd.

1944

B.S.A. folding bicycle, c. 1942

circa 1942

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Boy Scout Association Bronze Cross awarded to G F W Keen in 1940

1940

George Medal Awarded to G F Keen

1940

Eileen Dunne

1940

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

'Warflat' 50-ton bogie flat wagon, 1940

1940

Glass-stoppered bottle containing uranium

1801-1892 (prepared); 1946 (element replaced)

Magnifying stereoscope, 1940

1940

Left split-hook prosthesic arm attachment

circa 1940

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Fire Service One Man Drill medal - G.F. Keen

1940

Early wristwatch by Smiths

1942

Glass ampoules of penicillin

1944

Model of Great Central Railway "Atlantic" Express Locomotive

1903 (original); 1982 (model)

Advertisement for penicillin production from Life magazine, United States, August 14 1944

1944

Glass ampoule of penicillin powder, United States, 1942-1943

1942-1943

Collecting aluminium pots and pans to make aeroplanes

1940

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

2050-1750 BCE

Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB

1990-95

Model of Henry Cavendish's Torsion Balance Gravitational Apparatus, 1798

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

Reynaud's Praxinoscope Theatre

1879 (1956)

Imperial Typewriter Model 50, 1940

1940

Sample of 'Gordon aerolite flax re-inforced synthetic phenolic resin material

1941-1943

London & North Eastern Railway Work Permit

1940

Harry Sanders Archive

1944

'Selfac' Automatic Fire Extinguisher by F.E. Proprietary Co. Ltd., England, 1940

1940

Gold amulet in the form of Duamutef, Egypt, 2000-100 BCE

2000-100 BCE

Positioning in Radiography

1942

Coal mine telephone, about 1943.

circa 1943

Rorschach Inkblot Test, Bern Switzerland, 1942

1942

Rigged model of the Brixham trawler 'Valerian', with trawl and five extra sails

1935; 1958

Large model of Upper Yangtze trading junk

1901-1930; 1963

Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill

1730; 1967