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Midas Flight Data Recorder (spherical) from HS748

1960s

Conical fire extinguisher

1967

Pye 'Black Box' record player, introduced 1954.

1954

Artificial arm, Roehampton, England, 1964

1964

Reynaud's Praxinoscope Theatre

1879 (1956)

The Slums of Govan

1956-09

Royal Observer Corps beret made by Kangol Wear Limited

1967

Weston Master III exposure meter

1959

High frequency (violet ray) apparatus, England, before 1966

before 1966

Receiver Carrier WB400A, part of the UK early warning system, about 1960

1960-1965

Three tubes of 'Oblivon' capsules, England, 1953-1967

1953-1967

The Flying Scotsman menu

circa 1955

T10 or Tina motor scooter

1966

Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

2000-1001 BCE

Flying Scotsman service lapel badge

1949-1968

Kodak Retinette IIA Camera, Type 036

circa 1960

Child-Sized Copy of Webb Lawnmower, 1960s

1960-1965

Templates from Crick and Watson's DNA molecular model

1953

'Jason' nuclear reactor control panel, from Royal Naval College

1961-1962

WAIS (Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale) test in b

1955

Marston Excelsior Ltd Little Demon single shot exploder

circa 1960

Cascelloid plastic 'Sqezy' washing-up liquid bottle, 1958.

1958

British Railways diesel electric locomotive AIA-AIA Class 31, No D5500 (31018), 1957

1957

Diesel-electric locomotive, British Railways Type 3 Class 37 No. 6700

1960

Kodak Retinette Camera

1950-1955

Sherrington Starling kymograph, England, c. 1955

1950-1960

Paillard-Bolex B8 8mm cine camera

1953

Child's 'Hoovermatic' twin tub washing machine, made by The Chad Valley Co. Ltd., ca. 1964. (Victoria & Albert Museum number Misc 1036:1-1992).

Child's washing machine

circa 1964

A wire photograph, taken by an unknown photographer for United Press International, 1963. The two photographs were released by Jim Garrison of New Orleans in support of his theory that a shot was fired from a sewer during the Kennedy assassination. One photograph shows the sewer opening on Elm Street, Dallas. The second was taken from the opening as a car passed by.

Two Photographs supporting theory that a Shot came from a Sewer during Kennedy Assassination

1963

Baird tape recorder Mark II by Scophony-Baird Ltd.

1952

Circuit board home-made

1950

Telephone handset

1967

Induction coil stimulator

1968

Perspex model of a house, showing electrical ring main system

1957

Microbalance used during 1953 Mount everest expedition

1952-3

Murphy A242 radio

1955-1960

Bestone Hammond B698 ornamental clock with three-valve radio, 1937, restored 1980

1937; 1980

Copy of Chinese scene with low relief

1965

4-draw "Target" telescope

circa 1950

Electric lamp, round white bulb with a brass bayonette attachement

1968

Williams Intelligence Test for Children with Defective Vision

circa 1956

Tape recorder

1963

Hiskey-Nebraska Test of Learning Aptitude; a learning aptitude test for deaf and hearning children

1966

Cattell Infant Intelligence Scale

1960

Porch Index of Communicative Ability; an assessment test for the measurement of aphasic behaviour in adults

1967

Dip circle in glazed case

1950-1954

Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities; consisting of manual

1968

Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence; includes arithmetic problems

1963

Moving-iron ammeter in angled wooden stand by Philip Harris Ltd.

1964

Leak "point one" sound pre-amplifier, 1956

1956