Motorola 'MicroTAC Classic' mobile telephone, 1991-2000

Telecommunications

1991-2000

Motorola 'MicroTAC Classic' mobile telephone, together with switching phone battery eliminator, made by Motorola, USA, 1991-2000

Block instrument (lock and block)

Signalling & Telecommunications

1897

Block instrument: Sykes' Lock and Block absolute 2-tablet/1-semaphore block-indicator with plunger-commutator, release key-hole, and switch-hook (all brass). The upper/lower tablet indications are "Locked/Free" and "Blank/Train On" respectively. The tablet cut-out face-plate sits within a brass-bezelled circular aperture and is inscribed "Local 12", "To Coborn Road", "From Devonshire Street". Above the tablet-aperture is a rectangular brass Sykes' maker's plate. This instrument was presented by 'W.R. Sykes Interlocking Signal Company Ltd' and has a Description Card.

Section of TAT-8 transatlantic optical fibre cable, 1989

Telecommunications

1989

Section of TAT-8 transatlantic optical fibre cable in display case, made by British Telecom International, British, 1989. Brass plaque inscribed:- 'Section of TAT-8- the first transatlantic optical fibre cable. Presented to the Science Museum, London, by Mr. Alan Jefferis, director, satellite and lines, British Telecom International, on 22nd March 1989'.

Haemoglobin model

Biochemistry

1967

Haemoglobin model, with four movable sections, built in 1967, by Max Perutz

Maudslay 's Lord Chancellor bench micrometer

Industrial Metrology

1805

Micrometer made by Henry Maudslay about 1805.

Magellan NAV 1000 GPS Receiver, 1991

Navigation

1991

Magellan NAV 1000 GPS receiver, made by Magellan Systems Corporation, California, United States, 1991

Bo-Third Rail No D75S

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1898

Electric locomotive, Waterloo & City Railway, Bo - Third Rail No D75S, built by Siemens Brothers of London in 1898, withdrawn in May 1968.

Memento mori showing woman with half a head and half a skull

Anatomy & Pathology

1801-1900

Wooden bust of a woman, half head, half skull, mounted on a ivory and wooden stand, possibly Italian, possibly 19th century

Amulet in the shape of a scorpion

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1800-1920

Amulet against scorpion bites, brass, in the form of a scorpion, from the ruins of Kashan, Persian, 1800-1920

Mineral water bottle

Glass Technology

1801-1900

Egg shaped mineral water bottle, 19th century

'Bell-crank' engine, c. 1799

Motive Power

1795-1805 (original)

Model Boulton & Watt bell crank engine, c. 1799. The bell-crank engine design was devised for Boulton & Watt by William Murdock, one of their employees. It was the first 'independent' (self-supporting) engine to be built.

Reid III Rangefinder Camera

Photographic Technology

c. 1956

Reid III Type 2 35mm camera for 24 x 36mm pictures. Coated Taylor Hobson Anastigmat lens. F:2 inches f/2-16, Serial No 328898. Fabric focal plane shutter 1/2/5/8/20/30/40/60/100/200/500/1000/T. Interchangeable lens, Leica thread. Coupled rangefinder coincidence type, separate direct vision viewfinder. Flash synchronised, two coaxial sockets for electronic and flash bulbs. Accessory shoes. Reid and Sigrist. Camera Serial No P3277.

Hitachi IEP driving cab

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

Hitachi full scale mock up of the driving cab of a class 800/801 (IEP) train

Green glass bottle of 'Apenta aperient water'

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1901-1940

A green glass bottle with a metal foil cap containing Apenta aperient water, Hungarian, 1900-1940

Miniature ear trumpet

Audiology

1805-1900

Left miniature ear trumpet, brass (gilt) with ivory earpiece by F. C. Rein and Son, London, designed to be hidden under hair, 19th century.

‘Larzine’ Unani medicine for malaria

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1975-1980

Larzine, Unani medicine for malaria, one of a selection of drugs and related material from India, 1975-1980.

Fujica Single 8 P1 camera

Cinematography

1965-1977

8mm cine camera, Fujica Single-8 P1 camera. Uses Fuji proprietary Super 8 film cassettes. Fujinon 1.8 / 11.5mm lens. Made by Fuji Photo Optical Co. Ltd., between 1965 and 1977. Cine camera for Single 8 film cartridges; Fujinon F:11.5mm f/1.8 lens. Direct vision optical finder with exposure indication; auto exposure electric motor drive; pistol grip. No 435857.

Model steam locomotive

Railway Models

Model steam locomotive, 1/3 scale, 7 1/4" gauge, 0-4-0 ST `Margaret', built at National Railway Museum 1982-1983 prototype Hunslet `Alice' class No.878 of 1898

Booklet of 'Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions' by Anna Atkins

Photographs

1843-1853

Booklet of cyanotype impressions, 'Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions' by Anna Atkins (1799-1871) Part 1 of Fox Talbot's own copy, sewn in original blue wrapper.

'Self-Conscious Gene' sculpture by Marc Quinn

Marc Quinn

2019

Bronze sculpture 'Self Conscious Gene' by Marc Quinn, 2019. Commissioned by the Science Museum for the 'Medicine and Bodies' gallery in Medicine: The Wellcome Galleries. This monumental sculpture portrays the artist, actor and model Rick Genest, known as ‘Zombie Boy’. He stands 6 metres tall, holding an anatomy book. His upper body is covered in anatomical tattoos, his legs encased in ripped jeans, and his feet in laced boots.

Colour lithograph of the S.S. 'Great Eastern'

Archive

1850-1859

[Colour lithograph of the S.S. 'Great Eastern', designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and John Scott Russell, launched 1858. 1850s. Longitudinal section. Scale 1/8" : 1'. Mounted, framed & glazed]

Motorola Pager "Minicall"

Emergency Medicine

c.2000

Motorola Pager One mini call pager, part of equipment supplied to members of the London’s Ambulance Cycle Response Unit, owned and used by Tom Lynch, c.2000

Packet of 'Sweet Afton' Fine Cut hand rolling tobacco

Smoking

1999

Packet of 'Sweet Afton' Fine Cut hand rolling tobacco, named after Robert Burns' ballad 'Afton Water', sealed inside multi-laminate pouch for freshness, made by P.J. Carroll and Co. Ltd, Ireland, c.1999.

Single-lens Cine Camera by Louis Le Prince

Cinematography

1888

Single-lens cinematograph camera, made by Louis Le Prince at Leeds in 1888.

Copy of Thimonnier's chain-stitch sewing machine, 1830.

Textiles Machinery

1830

Copy of Barthelemy Thimonnier's chain stitch sewing machine, first invented in 1830.

Whole model, full rigged, of ship of the line, H.M.S. 'Prince'

Water Transport

1670

Contemporary whole rigged (rigged in Museum) model, scale 1:48, of English 1st rate ship of the line of 100/90 guns HMS 'Prince' (1670), showing hull construction method, designed by Peter Pett and made by Chatham Dockyard,

Insecticide powder for delousing, United States, 1939-1945

Public Health & Hygiene

1939-1945

Tin of insecticide louse powder by Lucky Heart Laboratories Inc., Memphis, Tennessee, USA, war time issue

Nintendo Game Boy Advance, model AGB-001

Computing & Data Processing

2001

Nintendo Game Boy Advance, model number AGB-001.

Harrison's eight-day wooden clock movement, 1715.

Time Measurement

1715

Original eight day clock by Harrison, date 1715, wheel work mostly of wood. With correspondence concerning Harrison clocks

Packet of 20 Double Happiness

Smoking

1950-1985

Packet of 20 Double Happiness, King Size, filter tipped cigarettes, middle tar, by Nanyang Brothers Tobacco Co. Ltd., 1950-1985.

Kodak Brownie 8 8mm movie camera

Cinematography

1960-1962

Brownie Movie 8 camera. Brownie 8 8mm movie camera f/2.7, made by the Eastman Kodak Company in the United States, c. 1960. Serial Number 0283.

Sony SL-C7 Betamax video recorder

Television

c. 1980

C7 Betamax made by Sony from 1980.The Sony C7 was introduced in early 1980 and offered features that had never been seen before on home video recorders such as picture search, slow motion, and an end-of-tape alarm. Serial No. 33355578; Model No. SL-C7UB

Kodak Brownie 500 cine projector

Cinematography

1956-1963

For 8mm silent film; Kodak projection Ektanar lens F:3/4", f/1.6. Auto threading still/reverse/forward, lamp motor, eleveation, framing controls. Integral case. 110v 60 cps.

Kodak Instamatic 50 camera

Photographic Technology

1963

Solid body camera for 126 cartridge film 26x26mm. Meniscus lens, fixed aperture. Two speed shutter bright/hazy sun-flash. Direct vision optical finder. Lever wind. Shoe flash contacts. Overall: 62 mm x 105 mm x 50 mm.

Bullion box containing lead shot

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1855

Bullion Box, South Eastern Railway, box containing lead shot from Great Gold Robbery from London - Paris via Folkestone train on 15 May 1855.

Brake composite/observation saloon

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1897

Railway carriage, Lynton & Barnstaple Railway, brake composite/observation. Saloon, No 6992, built 1897, (narrow gauge).

Alexander Performance Scale Test kit, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1946-1950

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1946-1950

Alexander Performance Scale Test material comprising: Passalong Test, Kohs' Block Design Test and Cube Construction Test with test cards and instructions in wooden case, made by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd., Edinburgh, 1946-1950

Four scalpels and a hernia bistoury in case

Surgery

1901-1930

4 scalpels and a hernia bistoury, steel, aseptic, in sterilisable case, various makers, early 20th century, military issue

Brush for cleaning textile mill machinery

Textile Industry

1880-1940

Hand held wooden brush, used for sweeping cotton dust from machines and floors in a textile mill.

IBM 5151-02 computer monitor, 1983

Computing & Data Processing

1983

Green screen monochrome monitor Model 5151-02, made by IBM USA, Taiwan, 1983. Serial number 5500156

Rubber vault cap

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1938-1940

Rubber vault cap, in original box, modified "Dumas Antigeniture", by E.L.S., c.1939

Seven white ceramic fermentation vessel from apparatus used in experimental work with penicillin

Biotechnology

1939-1949

Seven white ceramic penicillin fermentation vessel from apparatus used in experimental work with penicillin, by Glaxo Laboratories Limited, England, 1939-1949

Forum Phonepoint telephone, 1989-1991

Telecommunications

1989-1991

Forum Phonepoint Personal Telephone Model No. LPC11, Serial No. 14210, by Shaye Communications Limited, British, 1989-1991

Geometrical Groin Vault, string surface model

Mathematics

1872

Groin; oblique intersection of two splayed vaults of the same spring

Glass feeding bottle, London, England, 1901-1918

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1901-1920

Glass infant's feeding bottle, made by S. Maw, Son and Sons, London, 1901-1920

X-ray installation by Russell John Reynolds

X-rays

1896-1897

X-ray installation by Russell John Reynolds, London, England, 1896-97. Consists of:- 13-inch spark coil mounted on glass pillars, with mercury dipper break (motor control) and commutator, all mounted on wooden stand; condenser mounted in mahogany case; three-legged wooden tube stand; chromic acid battery.

Copy of Morton's inhaler for ether anaesthesia

Anaesthesiology

1870-1920

Copy of Morton's inhaler for ether anaesthesia, first used 16 October 1846, possibly English, 1870-1920

Palmer's micrometer (replica)

Industrial Metrology

c. 1848

Replica of original micrometer caliper by Jean Laurent Palmer, patented in France 7.9.1848, range 0 to 20 mm, made after 1867 by Brown & Sharpe

Thomson's Mirror Marine Galvanometer, 1858

Electricity and Magnetism

1858

(Lord Kelvin) Thomson's marine mirror galvanometer, made by White & Barr, Glasgow, Scotland, 1858

replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

Telecommunications

1934

Replica of Morse's first model of telegraphy apparatus of 1835, possibly made by the Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany, 1934