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Kemco HoMovie camera. Cine-Kodak Model B pattern cine camera in Bakelite, for 16mm film. Takes 4 small frames to each 'standard' 16mm frame area by oscillating gate. Wollensak Cine-Velostigmat lens f/3.5 No 3499; clockwork drive. Folding optical frame finder. No 1132. The Kodel Electric and Mfg Co, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Kemco HoMovie camera

Cinematography

1925-1935

Diathermy unit, model Intertherm No. 613, by Stanley Cox Ltd., English, 1930-1950

Diathermy unit, model Intertherm No. 613, by Stanley Cox Ltd

Chiropody

1930-1950

3 chiropodial cabinets, with operating lamp, built-in engine and flexible arm, by Plucknett and Co. Ltd., English, 1940-1955

3 chiropodial cabinets, with operating lamp, built-in engine

Chiropody

1940-1955

Electromagnetic machine containing 2 dry batteries and a small induction coil, made by Galvanophor, probably English, c.1920

Electromagnetic machine containing 2 dry batteries

Therapeutics

1920

Glass bottle with bakelite top of 100 'Thelestrol' tablets (phenobarbitone and hexoestrol). 69 mm x 42 mm x 23 mm, 67 g. Made in England, for G.W. Carnrick Co., USA, 1940-1970.

Bottle of Thelestrol tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1940-1970

'Prestige' pressure cooker, aluminium, by Platers & Stampers Ltd., England, 1950-55. Supplied with 3 drainer dividers, plate with standard plastic measuring cup for adding water.

'Prestige' pressure cooker and accessories, England, 1950-55

Domestic Appliances

1950-1955

Glass bottle with bakelite lid for 250 Belladonna and Phenobarbitone tablets, with approximately 9 tablets remaining. 84 mm x 44 mm x 24 mm, 63 g. Supplied by Savory and Moore, Standard Works, Lawrence Road, Tottenham, London, N15, England, 1940-1970.

Bottle of Belladonna and Phenobarbitone tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1940-1970

Tele-tone Model TV208 7" tabletop television receiver, manufactured by Tele-tone Radio Corporation of New York in 1949. Part of the Donald Fleming Collection of North American television receivers.

Tele-tone Model TV208 7" tabletop television receiver, 1949

Television

1949

Tru-Vue Stereo viewer, 1934. Brown bakelite and metal viewer for stereo film script. Trigger for film transport.

True-Vue stereoviewer

Photographic Technology

1934

35mm hand cranked motion picture camera owned and used by natural history photographer and cinematographer Cherry Kearton (1871-1940), bearing the label 'The Charles Urban Trading Company, London & Paris', fitted with a J H Dallmeyer brass-barrelled lens with rack and pinion focussing and drop in aperture wheel adjustments. On heavy black stained wooden tripod with extending legs.

35mm cine camera used by Cherry Kearton

Cinematography

early 20th century

Glass bottle with bakelite lid of Amobarbital Sodium capsules (Pulvules Sodium Amytal). 63 mm x 34 mm x 22 mm, 36 g. Supplied by Savory and Moore Ltd., 29 Chapel Street, Belgrave Square, London, SW1, England, 1950-1965.

Bottle of Sodium Amtyal capsules

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1950-1965

Square bakelite bottle of `Tabloid' brand `Warburg Tincture' tablets (quinine and opium). 120 mm x 40 mm x 35 mm, 90g. Printed label reads,' Burroughs Wellcome & Co./ TABLOID brand/ WARBURG TINCTURE/.../Direction- The bowels having been/ freely opened, four to eight may be taken. with a draught of warm spirit and water, and/ the dose repeated in three or four hours.../As this preparation contains Opium in/ small medicinal doses it is labelled POISON...' Burroughs Wellcome & Co., London, 1900-1919

Bottlw of 'Warburg Tincture' tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1919

Electric instrument sterilizer, maker unknown, 1930-1950

Chiropody

1930-1950

Glass dispensing bottle with bakelite lid of 25 "Sedovas" capsules (glycerine trinitrate, phenobarbital, niacin). 60 mm x 30 mm x 22 mm, 33 g. Produced by Clay and Abraham Ltd., Liverpool, 1930-1960.

Bottle of Sedovas capsules

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1930-1960

Green glass ribbed poison bottle with bakelite lid full of lead acetate powder. English, twentieth century

Poison bottle containing lead acetate powder

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Thermionic triode valve

Radio Communication

c. 1920s - 1930s

Philips loudspeaker.

Philips Loudspeaker

Radio Communication

1935-1945

Plastic camera for 00 size rollfilm 3 x 4 cm. Fitted with a simple lens, instantaneous shutter with a wire frame finder. Universal Camera Corp. A basic snapshot camera, made from black moulded bakelite, for special 30mm wide rollfilm, fitted with a simple fixed aperture and fixed focus lens and a flip-flop shutter.

Univex Model A camera

Photographic Technology

1933

Airborne programmable bomb release mechanism. Used in WWII on heavy bombers.

Airborne programmable bomb release mechanism. Used

Farnborough

Pair of Trieder 'Porro' type prismatic opera glass binoculars (3 power & 12mm objective lenses), 'Fago' model, by C.P. Goerz, Berlin, Germany, 1902-1924.

Pair of Trieder 'Porro' type prismatic opera glass binoculars

Optics

1902-1924

Pair of prismatic ‘Porro’ type field glass binoculars, (6 power & 24mm objective lenses), No.3, Mark II model, made by Carl Zeiss, Jena, 1916. Marked as supplied by Carl Zeiss (London) Ltd, with 1916 date and broad arrow mark. Production of Zeiss binoculars in London was taken over the British government in 1914 with the outbreak of the First World War.

Pair of prismatic ‘Porro’ type field glass binoculars

Optics

1916

Coronet Midget Camera. Plastic solid body camera for 16mm rollfilm. Brown bakelite. Fitted with a simple lens of fixed aperture. Instantaneous shutter and direct vision optical finder. Manufactured by Coronet Camera Company, Birmingham.

Coronet Midget Camera

Photographic Technology

Plastic solid body camera for 16mm rollfilm 13 x 18mm. Fitted with a simple lens of fixed aperture. I shutter. Direct vision optical finder. Made of blue Bakelite. Coronet Camera company.

Coronet Midget camera

Photographic Technology

Black crackle painted box containing a small 5 w lamp and switch. Used for printing through record card details on edge of a film before processing. Operating switch lever clamps film and card against glass diffusing window. No. 3148.

Eastman record printer

Photographic Technology

1932-1940

Green glass poison bottle half-full of powdered papaverine hydrochlroride with bakelite lid. 66 mm x 39 mm diameter, 65 g. Produced by Wright, Layman and Umney, Ltd., London, 1920-1955.

Glass bottle of papaverine hydrochloride powder

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1920-1955

Control shelf for rack with 5 Harwell type 2000 units, consisting of a power unit, scaler and G M detector by Dynatron Electronics Limited, Maidenhead, Berkshire, linear rate meter / integrator by Fleming Instruments Limited, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, and timer by J & P Engineering (Reading) Limited, Reading Berkshire, England, 1965-1975

Rack with 5 Harwell type 2000 units, consisting of

Nuclear Energy

1965-1975

Pair of prismatic ‘Porro’ type field glass binoculars, (6 power & 24mm objective lenses), D.F. military model, Serial No.559307, made by Carl Zeiss, Jena, Germany, 1915-1916.

Pair of prismatic ‘Porro’ type military field glass binoculars

Optics

1915-1916

Portable cautery transformer, with bayonet fitting for attaching to light socket, in leather covered case, made by Thackray, Leeds, English, 1920-1930

Portable cautery transformer, with bayonet fitting

Therapeutics

1920-1930

Green glass poison bottle, ribbed, of Phenobarbitone Sodium powder, with traces remaining and bakelite lid. 110 mm x 59 mm diameter, 197 g. By Savory and Moore Ltd., Standard Works, Lawrence Road, Tottenham, London, N15, England, 1955-1970.

Glass poison bottle of Phenobarbitone sodium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1955-1970

Amber glass dispensing bottle with bakelite lid approximately half full of powdered mercury perchloride. (see note)

Dispensing bottle containing powdered mercury

Medical Glass-ware

Amber glass bottle with bakelite lid half full of 'Bimez' tablets (sulphadimidine). English, mid-twentieth century

Glass bottle containing 'Bimez' tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Small glass bottle with bakelite lid containing approximately 20 hyoscine hydrobromide hypodermic tablets. English, twentieth century

Glass bottle containing hyoscine hydrobromide hypodermic tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Glass bottle with bakelite lid for Phenobarbitone Sodium 1/2 gr. tablets, approximately 100 remaining. 73 mm x 41 mm diameter, 95 g. Dispensed by W. Harely Greaves Ltd., Bournemouth, 1950-1979.

Glass bottle for Phenobarbitone Sodium 1/2 gr. tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1950-1979

Key on a bakelite hotel fob, BTH, stamped 'British Transport Hotels'

Key & fob

Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories

Electric microscope lamp, by Burton Manufacturing Company, American, 1925-1945

Electric microscope lamp, by Burton Manufacturing

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1925-1945

Salt pot, glass, with metal and bakelite top, London Midland & Scottish Railway "LMS CARS" motif etched on glass. Unknown maker. Overall: 83 mm x 40 mm.

Glass salt pot, London Midland & Scottish Railway - Cars

Passenger Comforts

Viewing table for pressure records, no maker marked, but probably made in hospital workshops, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, late 1960s

Viewing table for pressure records, no maker marke

Radiomedicine

1965-1970

Hypodermic syringe reservoir and plunger, in wooden case, German, 1900-1918

Hypodermic syringe reservoir and plunger, in woode

Therapeutics

1900-1918

Pair of minature‘Galilean’ type opera glass binoculars, ‘POMPONETTE’ model, (2 power & 13mm objective lenses), nickel plated brass, unsigned, French, 1910-1930.

Pair of minature opera glass binoculars

Optics

1910-1930

Glass bottle with bakelite lid for 25 grammes Amylobarbitone Sodium powder, half-full. 73 mm x 40 mm diameter, 98 g. Produced by the British Drug Houses Ltd., English, 1960-1979.

Glass bottle for 25 grammes Amylobarbitone Sodium powder

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1960-1979

Glass bottle with bakelite lid 2/3 full of Trisan 'anti-asthmaticum' syrup (potassium iodide, chloral hydrate, barbitone, alcohol) in original packaging. 155 mm x 50 mm x 30 mm, 260g. Made by Hommels Haematogen and Drug Co., English, 1980-1985.

Bottle of Trisan 'Anti-Asmaticum'

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1980-1985

Glass bottle – label annotated with: ‘D156’ - of Phenobarbitone tablets with bakelite lid, by Martindale Samoore Ltd., London, England, 1963-1967

Glass bottle – label annotated with: ‘D156’ - of Phenobarbitone tablets with bakelite lid

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1963-1967

Sealed bottle with bakelite lid full of Aromatic Powder of Chalk with Opium (Pulvis Cretae Aromaticus cum Opio). 100 mm x 54 mm diameter, 269 g. Produced by the British Drug Houses, English, 1960-1979.

Sealed bottle containing Aromatic Powder of Chalk with Opium (Pulvis Cretae Aromaticus cum Opio).

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1960-1979

Pathescope 17.5mm Home Talkie Sound projector. Sound projector for 17.5mm film. Film transport: single continuous sprocket, claw intermittent. 16v 8a lamp, bayonet cap with 3 locating pins. Projection lamp illuminated soundtrack bias slit, lens and mirror system. Volume controlled by rotating shutter over photocell. 3 valve amplifier (R2, & A2, 9A1). Pick up or microphone socket. 8 inch speaker in separate case. 11 inch reel capacity. 8v 16v and 17v tappings for lamp brightness. Manufactured by Pathescope Ltd., London. 1934. Serial No reads in part ...582.

Pathescope 17.5mm Home Talkie Projector

Cinematography

1934

Pair of prismatic ‘Porro’ type patent field glass binoculars, (8 power & 20mm objective lenses), Serial No. 2483, by Ross Limited, London, England, 1910-1920.

Pair of prismatic field glass binoculars

Optics

1910-1920

Glass poison bottle with bakelite top of pilocarpine nitrate powder. 65 mm x 40 mm diameter, 65 g. Made by Martindale Samoore Ltd., London, 1950-1965.

Bottle of Pilocarine Nitrate

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1950-1965

Binaural stethoscope by Hills, and Allen and Hanburys, London, English, 1871-1950

Binaural Stethoscope by Hills and by Allen and Hanburys, 1871-1950

Clinical Diagnosis

1871-1950

A Crossland electric fire, c.1930-c.1940.

Crossland Electric Fire

Domestic Appliances

Bottle with bakelite lid of 50 Tedral tablets (theophylline, ephedrine and phenobarbital). 60 mm x 37 mm diameter, 67 g. Manufactured by Warner, English, 1970-1985.

Bottle with bakelite lid of 50 Tedral tablets (theophylline, ephedrine and phenobarbital)

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1970-1985

Salt pot, glass, metal and bakelite top, London Midland & Scottish Railway, moulded glass, "LMS HOTELS 3" block logo etched on glass. Overall: 82 mm x 40 mm.

Glass salt pot, London Midland & Scottish Railway - Hotels

Passenger Comforts

1923-1948