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

1942

Molecular model of penicillin by Dorothy M Crowfoot Hodgkin, England, 1945

1945

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Artificial right arm

1943

'Picture Post' magazine. March 6, 1943

1943

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

circa 1942

Ampoule of penicillin

1945

Carton of Araldite epoxy resin adhesive comprising cardboard box tube of hardner

1945

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Open scale barograph by Short & Mason Ltd.

1944

Amateur radio call books, 1938 and 1951

1938 and 1951

Wartime civilian receiver A.C.mains type, 1944-1945

1944-1945

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Glass bottle of penicillin powder

1943

Penicillin powder in bottle

1942

Welded Coins from York Station from 1942 Bombing

1942

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Oxygen cylinder used by climbers on 1953 Mount Everest expedition

1952-3

Glass-stoppered bottle containing uranium

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

Artificial right leg, Singapore, c.1943

1942-1945

Receiver unit from the ENIAC computer, 1943-1945

1943-1945

Early wristwatch by Smiths

1942

Glass ampoules of penicillin

1944

Wooden chest for transporting penicillin during WWII

1942-1945

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Model of Great Central Railway "Atlantic" Express Locomotive

1903 (original); 1982 (model)

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Immesion suit blouse

circa 1945

Rolls-Royce Griffon Aero Engine

1942-1945

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

1990-95

Forth Bridge Railway Co. rivet from Forth Bridge

1888; 1984

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

2050-1750 BCE

Arab II 'Utility' bus

1943

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

1944

Reynaud's Praxinoscope Theatre

1879 (1956)

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

Model of Mud House

6000-5000BCE

Audio cassette, 'Alf's Teeth' produced for British Rail Red Star parcels services

1985-11

Flymo Super Professional 47 rotary air cushion mower

Flymo Super Professional 47 rotary air cushion mower

1979-80

Electron multiplier designed by Dr van den Bosch

1945

United States War Department Emergency Pass, 1945.

1945

Project Area Pass for the Alamogordo Test Site, New Mexico, 1945

1945

Operator's [Driving] License, 1945

1945

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Fuel dipstick attached to filler cap

1944

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Bust on wooden base of Andrew Ross

1859; 1986

William Heath Robinson's Paint box

before 1944

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50