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Glass bottle with bakelite lid for 100 'Prominal' tablets (methylphenobarbital), with approximately 20 tablets remaining. 57 mm x 30 mm x 18 mm, 28g. Made by Bayer, from Savory and Moore, English, 1940-1960.

Bottle of Prominal tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1940-1960

Green glass poison bottle with bakelite lid, containing powdered traces of barbitone sodium. 99 mm x 55 mm diameter, 141 g. Made by Savory and Moore Ltd., Standard Works, Lawrence Road, Tottenham, London, N15, England, 1930-1960.

Bottle of Barbitone Sodium powder

Medical Glass-ware

1930-1950

Tru-Vue Stereo viewer, 1934. Brown bakelite and metal viewer for stereo film script. Trigger for film transport. In carton with five strips: Golf No. 4; Japan No. 1; Grand Canyon No. 2; Golf No. 1; Century of Progress. M1978.

True-Vue Stereoviewer

Photographic Technology

1934

Glass bottle of BROVON ELIXIR (codeine phosphate, methyl-atropine nitrate, ephedrine hydrochloride),complete with contents, a preparation for the treatment of coughing, asthma, and bronchitis. Height 155 mm; Width 55 mm; Depth 30 mm; weight 282g. Made by Moore Medicinal Product Ltd. of Aberdeen. Scottish 1950-1975.

Bottle of Brovon Elixir

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1950-1975

Aveling uterine repositor, metal and bakelite, used by W.W. King, c. 1900, interchangeable heads

Aveling uterine repositor, metal and bakelite, use

Therapeutics

1880-1920

Motor drive attachment for Cine-Kodak and CK Model A 16mm cameras. Lead acid battery driving electric motor, with pushbutton switch. Serial No 1119. Eastman Kodak Co.

Cine-Kodak electric motor drive

Cinematography

Developing tank for 120 rollfilm. Celluloid apron with crinkled edge. Wound on Bakelite spool (one cheek missing). Light tight lid and pouring hole.

Labora apron developing tank

Photographic Technology

Bottle of "NULEPSI" pills (phenobarbital) originally containing 30 pills, with around half remaining. height 60 mm x width 31 mm x depth 20 mm, weight 34g. Inscribed: 'NULEPSI/ .../ 30 PILLS/ SEDATIVE and ANTI-SPASMODIC/ FORMULA - Each pill contains:/ Phenobarbitonum ... 0.005 gm./ Hyoscin. Hydrobrom. 0.000025 gm./ Ext. Stramon. ... ... 0.000025 gm./ Ext Cascarae. / Sagradae. Siccum. 0.10 gm./ Ext. Valerianae. 0.04 gm. / POISON/ .../ Manufactured by/ COATES & COOPER LTD./ PYRAMID WORKS,/ WEST DRAYTON - ENGLAND.'. Manufactured by Coates and Cooper Limited at the Pyramid Works, West Drayton, Hillingdon, London. English, 1955-1970.

Bottle of Nulepsi sedative and anti-spasmodic pills

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1955-1970

Glass bottle with bakelite lid of Phenobarbitone Sodium gr. 1/2 tablets, approximately 20 remaining. 68 mm x 42 mm diameter, 73 g. Dispensed by W. Harely Greaves Ltd., Bournemouth, 1950-1979.

Glass bottle of Phenobarbitone Sodium gr. 1/2 tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1950-1979

Green glass poison bottle with bakelite lid full of white powdered antimony tartrate. English, twentieth century

Poison bottle containing powdered antimony tartrate

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Green glass ribbed poison bottle with bakelite lid about 1/4 full of mercury with ammonia powder. English, twentieth century

Poison bottle containing mercury with ammonia powder

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

GEC BT2147 monochrome television receiver, 1950.

GEC BT2147 monochrome television receiver

Television

1950

Coronet Midget 16mm still camera with brown mottled bakelite casing in original pouch. Fixed focus f/10 lens with single 1/30 speed.

Coronet Midget camera

Photographic Technology

1943-1945

Narrow glass bottle with bakelite lid 1/3 full of extract of ergot (see note)

Bottle containing extract of ergot

Medical Glass-ware

Amber glass bottle with bakelite lid containing approximately 14 ergometrine tablets. Supplied by Sangers Group of Companies, English, twentieth century

Glass bottle containing ergometrine tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Pressure switch (baroswitch), unsigned, American, 1942-1946. For use with Rawin radiosonde transmitter.

Pressure switch for radiosonde, 1942-1946

Meteorology

1942-1946

Centrifuge, model Universal Junior III, with operating instructions, by Heraeus Christ, German, 1950-1965, used at Institute of Neurology, Department of Neuropathology, University College London.

Centrifuge, model Universal Junior III, with opera

Laboratory Medicine

1950-1965

Photoelectric exposure meter for cine photography. Black bakelite case. Aluminium back. Two ranges, selected by push button. Calibrated directly in apertures f5.6-32. 1.5-8. Set for 16fps for range of films. One reading up or down used for faster or slower films.

Blendux exposure meter

Photographic Technology

1930-1940

Glass bottle with bakelite lid for 250 tablets of gr. 4 Hexobarbitone with approximately 200 tablets remaining. 116 mm x 57 mm diameter, 273 g. Supplied by Savory and Moore, Ltd., Standard Works, Lawrence Road, Tottenham, London, N15, England, 1930-1960.

Bottle of Hexobarbital tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1930-1960

Amber glass bottle with bakelite lid for 100 Tablets of Barbitone Sodium, 5 gr., with approximately 50 tablets remaining. 83 mm x 45 mm diameter, 125g. Manufactured by the British Drug Houses, English, 1930-1960.

Amber glass bottle for 100 Tablets of Barbitone Sodium, 5 gr.

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1930-1960

Amber glass dispensing bottle with bakelite lid full of papaverine hydrochloride powder. 75 mm x 40 mm diameter, 110 g. Produced by the British Drug Houses, London, 1940-1970

Dispensing bottle contaiing papaverine hydrochloride powder

Medical Glass-ware

1940-1970

An electric room heater, with Robertson radiant bulbs.

Electric Room Heater

Domestic Appliances

1915

Roller drum unit for agitating tissue cultures in fluid media, by Matburn Limited, London, England, 1946-1956. Used at the Common Cold Research Unit, Harvard Hospital, Harnham Down, Wiltshire, England 1958-1959.

Roller drum unit for agitating tissue cultures

Public Health & Hygiene

1958-1959

Glass bottle with bakelite lid of 1 gr. Phenobarbitone sodium tablets. 81 mm x 41 mm x 22 mm, 84 g. Produced by Savory & Moore Ltd., Tottenham, English, 1940-1950.

Bottle of Phenobarbitone sodium tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1940-1950

Yellow glass bottle with bakelite top for 250 1 1/2 gr. Pentobarbitone Sodium tablets, half-full. 87 mm x 30 mm x 48 mm, 94 g. From Savory and Moore's shop, by Savory and Moore, London, 1951-1970.

Bottle of Pentobarbitone Sodium tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1951-1970

Green glass poison bottle with bakelite lid for 250 tablets of Barbitone Sodium, approximately 200 remaining. 110 mm x 59 mm diameter, 259 g. Supplied by Wright, Layman and Umney Limited, Southwark, London, SE1, England, 1960-1980.

Poison bottle of Barbitone Sodium tablets

Medical Glass-ware

1960-1980

Glass bottle with bakelite lid full of blue 'Sodium Amtyal' filled capsules (amylobarbitone). 81 mm x 44 mm x 25 mm, 68 g. Produced by Eli Lilly and Co., Ltd., English, 1960-1975.

Bottle of Sodium Amytal capsules

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1960-1975

LM toy cine projector. Hand turned for 9.5mm film. BC lamp adjustable for height. Detachable lamphouse. Single plano convex condenser lens. Double claw mechanism based on Lumiere cam. Doublet projection lens. 8 frame handle. Simple rewind handle. Two-pin bakelite plug, 250v 5 amp.

LM toy cine projector

Cinematography

‘Strobotac’ stroboscope (type 631-B, serial no 2132) by General Radio Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1935-1937. Used for early research on aircraft radar detection (c,1935), at the Royal Radar Establishment, Malvern and after 1946 at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment ,Harwell

Strobotac by General Radio Co., Cambridge, Massach

Nuclear Physics

1935

Semi-hemispherical lamp shade made of aluminium, coated cream on the inside, with electrical fitting made of phenol formaldehyde connected to a flex which is threaded through a piece of cork.The shade is attached to three concentric aluminium rings.

Semi-hemispherical lamp shade made of aluminium, c

Plastics and Modern Materials

1920-1940

Brown glass dispensing bottle with bakelite lid full of Sodium Cyanide Crystals. 140 mm x 75 mm diameter, 639 g. Handwritten note reads, ' From Mrs. Jeffries'. Dispensed by R.T. Christopher Pharmacists, Bradford, English, 1920-1960.

Dispensing bottle of Sodium Cyanide Crystals

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1950-1980

Glass bottle with bakelite lid of 50 Parabal tablets (phenobarbitone sodium), medical sample. 80 mm x 40 mm x 23 mm, 83g. Produced by West Pharmaceutical Co., English, 1960-1985.

Bottle of Parabal tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1960-1985

Glass bottle with bakelite lid in original carton of 100 capsules of Ionamin 30 (phentermine resin). 75 mm x 40 mm diameter, 130 g. By Pennwalt Pharmaceuticals, English, 1960-1980.

Glass bottle in original carton of 100 capsules of Ionamin 30

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1960-1980

Electrostar cylinder vacuum cleaner. Includes dust bag with brush attachment and main motor.

cylinder vacuum cleaner

Domestic Appliances

"Carol" cinesound, sound synchroniser model CS/Z MarkII No.447, manufactured by Contronics Limited, Deepcut, Camberley, Surrey, England c. 1960

"Carol" Cinesound, Sound Synchroniser Model CS/Z MarkII No

Cinematography

Green glass poison bottle with bakelite lid full of Dover's Powder tablets (TAB. IPECAC. ET OPII). By Wright, Layman and Umney Ltd., English, 1920-1960.

Poison bottle of Dover's Powder tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1920-1960

Pair of prismatic ‘Porro’ type field glass military binoculars, (6 power & 30mm objective lenses), ‘PRISM STEREO’ model, Serial No. EE-G 121034, made by Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., Rochester, New York, United States, 1914-1919. Marked as property of the Signal Corp, U. S. Army.

Pair of prismatic ‘Porro’ type military field glass binoculars

Optics

1900-1920

Chain Home receiver type R.F.5 and trainer, made by A C Cossor Ltd, Highbury Grove, London N5, c. 1940

Chain Home receiver, type R.F.5 and trainer

Radio Communication

1940

Whistle, British Rail, bakelite, "The Acme Thunderer, made in England", white metal in set in one side engraved "BR".

British Rail whistle

Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories

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

Self erecting camera for 127 rollfilm 1 5/8 x 2 1/2 inches. Of black Bakelite construction. Doublet fixed focus. Sliding plate with two apertures. Jiffy VP shutter B/I. Folding frame finder. Kodak Canada Inc. 1935-1942.

Jiffy Kodak VP camera

Photographic Technology

1935-1942

A "Viewmaster" stereoviewer demonstration unit in the form of a globe with internal electric illumination, c. 1960. Four stereoviewers attached to the globe. With three stereo cards in the viewers. Overall (approx): 490 mm x 450 mm x 380 mm.

A "Viewmaster" stereoviewer demonstration unit in the form of a globe

Photographic Technology

1955-1965

Trophy cup stand, engraved with the names of the winners of the Doncaster Carr Loco Ambulance Class Novices Individual Competion between 1937 and 1957. Overall: 60 mm 82 mm.

Stand for Doncaster Carr Loco Ambulance Class trophy 1937

Miscellanea & Curiosities

Sugar sifter, glass, bakelite top, Pat No 359156, Made in England, London Midland & Scottish Railway, moulded glass, "LMS HOTELS 3" logo etched on glass.

Glass sugar sifter, London Midland & Scottish Railway - Hotels

Passenger Comforts

1923-1948

Aircraft resistance thermometer element, MO Mk1, Met Ref no.2732, serial no. 1963/55. DAted 1955

Aircraft resistance thermometer element, MO Mk1, M

Meteorology

Retinoscope with plastic handle, English, 1900-1920

Retinoscope with plastic handle, English, 1900-192

Ophthalmology

1900-1920

Black bakelite camera by Universal Camera Corporation, N.Y., USA. 28x38mm picture size , No. 00 rolls. Simple lens, flip-flop shutter. A basic snapshot camera, made from moulded black bakelite, for special 30mm wide rollfilm, fitted with a fiixed-aperture and fixed-focus lens and a flip-flop shutter.

Univex Model A Camera

Photographic Technology

1933

Black bakelite pepper pot lid with stainless steel clips. Patent no. 359156. Overall: 27 mm x 30 mm.

pepper pot top

Passenger Comforts

The Donald Fleming Collection of North American television receivers: Admiral 10" bakelite console televison receiver, 1950.

Admiral 10" bakelite console televison receiver, 1950

Television

1950

Glass bottle, unopened, with plastic screw lid, containing 30 Nulepsi tablets (Phenobarbitone; Hysocine; Stramonium; Valerian), by Coates and Cooper Ltd., Pyramid Works, Pyramid Works, West Drayton, Middlesex, England, 1940-1970

Glass bottle, containing 30 Nulepsi tablets: Phenobarbitone; Hysocine; Stramonium; Valerian

Materia Medica & Pharmacology