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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
Resistance box, for Ediswan Pointolite Lamp, by Edison Swan Electric Co. Ltd., London, England, 1908-1916

Resistance box, for Ediswan Pointolite Lamp

Lighting

1908-1916
Kodascope transformer type 850 for a Kodak high speed 16mm. cine camera, using rotating glass block. Made by Kodak Limited, London.

Kodascope Transformer Type 850

Cinematography
Bakelite tube for Tabloid brand Paregoric tablets with traces remaining. 90 mmx 19 mm diameter, 20g. Printed label reads, 'Burroughs Wellcome & Co./ TABLOID brand/ Paregoric/ one represents/ min. 15.../ of Compound Tincture of Camphor, B.P./...As this preparation contains Opium in/small medicinal doeses, it is labelled POISON...'. By Burroughs Wellcome, English, 1907.

Bakelite tube of Paregoric tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1907
Glass bottle with bakelite lid for 250 1 gr. Amylobarbitone Sodium tablets, with a small quantity remaining. 88 mm x 48 mm x 29 mm, 84 g. Produced by Savory and Moore, Standard Works, Lawrence Road, Tottenham, London, N15, England, 1930-1960.

Bottle of Amylobarbitone Sodium tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1930-1960
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
Cycle odometer, on steel stand affixed to mahogany base, from Replica 1903 'Wright Flyer' aircraft, by The de Havilland Aeronautical Technical School, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, 1948. The actual 1903 ‘Wright Flyer’: - designed and built by the Wright Brothers: Orville and Wilbur, achieved the world’s first successful heavier-than-air powered flight, on 17th December 1903 at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, United States.

Cycle odometer on stand, from Replica 1903 'Wright Flyer'

Aeronautics

1948
Glass bottle – label annotated with: ‘D152’ - of Phenobarbitone tablets with bakelite lid, by Martindale Samoore Ltd., London, England, 1963-1967

Glass bottle – label annotated with: ‘D152’ - of Phenobarbitone tablets with bakelite lid

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1963-1967
Glass bottle with bakelite lid full of 100, 200 mg Cyclobarbitone Tablets. 84 mm x 46 mm x 25 mm, 95 g. Supplied by Martindale Samoore Ltd., English, 1950-1970.

Bottle of cyclobarbital tablets

Medical Glass-ware

1950-1970
No.2 Hawkette camera. Plastic mottled brown bodied collapsing camera for 120 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches. Fitted with a simple lens with slidijng plate with three apertures. Rotary shutter T/I. Reflecting finder (incomplete). Kodak Limited. Overall (deployed): 180 mm x 100 mm x 116 mm.

No.2 Hawkette camera

Photographic Technology
Brass ophthalmoscope with 7 lenses and mirror in leather covered case with separate lens, made by S. Maw, Son and Thompson of London, English, 1870-1901

Brass ophthalmoscope with 7 lenses and mirror in l

Ophthalmology

1870-1901
Retinoscope, mirror on brass disc with bakelite handle, English(?) 1880-1940

Retinoscope, mirror on brass disc with bakelite ha

Ophthalmology

1880-1940
Combined monophasic early contraceptive pills, "Mixogen" (ethinyloestradiol, methyltestosterone), in glass bottle with bakelite lid. 40 mm 25 mm, 30g. Manufactured by Organon, English, 1955-1965.

Combined monophasic early contraceptive pills, "Mixogen"

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1955-1965
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
Green glass ribbed poison bottle with bakelite lid of Phenobarbitone tablets. 110 mm x 60 mm diameter, 198 g. Produced by Wright, Layman and Umney, from Savory and Moore, London, 1940-1960.

Poison bottle of Phenobarbitone tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1940-1960
Set of Mayer's floating magnet models, consisting of four electromagnets on plywood stand with six glass plates, one hardboard circle to the same size as the plates, four glass cylindrical bowls by Pyrex, and twenty seven blown glass spheres on stems containing unknown black liquid, unsigned, Europe, 1938-1948

Set of Mayer's floating magnet models, consisting

Nuclear Physics
Reflector for Sun-ray lamp, made by Hanovia Ltd, c.1930. Comprises a reflective panel supported on a metal stand. Includes ceramic fixings and Bakelite plug.

sun-ray lamp

Domestic Appliances
Wheatstone bridge

Wheatstone bridge

Electricity and Magnetism
Valve radio receiver.

Valve Radio Receiver

Radio Communication

1925-1935
Largodrem printing photometer, made in Austria. Comparison photometer for 220v supply. Bakelite box containing frosted bulb and preset/variable resistances. Push button switch; slider resistance pointed moves against scale, calibrated in seconds and minutes.

Largodrem printing photometer

Photographic Technology
Measurement Cine-Kodak camera. Eastman Kodak Co. and Production Control Machines Company Ltd., London. Standard 8mm cinecamera for 100 foot reels. Kodak Anastigmat lens F:13mm f/1.9.

Measurement Cine-Kodak camera

Cinematography
Bottle of PROMINAL tablets (methylphenobarbitone), half full, inside cardboard carton. Bottle: height 97 mm; width 54 mm; depth 23 mm; overall: height 102 mm; width 58 mm; depth 31 mm; weight 105g. Inscription reads: '100 TABLETS/ PROMINAL/ Trade Mark Brand/ METHYLPHENOBARBITONE/ 3 / grains / POISON S 4/ Manufactured in England by/ BAYER PRODUCTS LTD./ KINGSTON-UPON-THAMES'. Manufactured by Bayer Products Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, Greater London, England, United Kingdom. English, 1950-1970.

Bottle of PROMINAL tablets, inside cardboard carton

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1950-1970
Pair of prismatic ‘Porro’ type patent field glass binoculars, (8 power & 24mm objective lenses), ‘THE SOHO’ model, Serial No. 16445, by A. Kershaw and Sons Ltd., Leeds, England, 1945-1965.

Pair of prismatic field glass binoculars

Optics

1945-1965
Theatre binoculars with plastic lenses made by the donor to patents No 416, 398. 1934. Brown Bakelite body made in Belgium by Neto. Rectangular objective lenses, convex and circular eyepiece lenses, concave. Arthur Kingston. C.1946.

Theatre binoculars with plastic lenses

Photographic Technology

1931-1941
Stand for whole plate studio camera. Three legs, front leg has wheel. Two handles for adjusting height and angle at rear.

Tripod Stand for Studio Camera

Photographic Technology
Narcissus subminiature camera. Single lens reflex camera for 16mm film, in original box with 3 cassettes, extension ring, enlarger adaptor plate and instructions. Made by Krasnogorski Mekhanicheskii Zavod (KMZ) and marked 'Нарцисс' on the case.

Narcissus Subminiature Camera

Photographic Technology

1960
The Donald Fleming Collection of North American television receivers: Admiral 10" bakelite console television receiver, 1950.

Admiral 10" bakelite console television receiver, 1950

Television

1950
The Donald Fleming Collection of North American television receivers: Motorola Bubble 8" tabletop television receiver, 1949.

Motorola Bubble 8" tabletop television receiver, 1949

Television

1949
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
Glass bottle with bakelite lid for 100 Barbitone tablets, with 10 remaining. 97 mm x 52 mm x 29 mm, 99 g. Supplied by Savory and Moore, Standard Works, Lawrence Road, Tottenham, London, N15, England, 1940-1970.

Bottle of Barbitone tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1940-1970
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
Glass bottle, unopened, each 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

1940-1970
Amber glass bottle with bakelite lid one third full of colchicum tincture. (see note)

Bottle containing colchicum tincture

Medical Glass-ware
Glass jar with bakelite lid approximately half full of dried belladonna powder. English, twentieth century

Glass jar containing dried belladonna powder

Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Amber glass bottle with bakelite lid 1/8 full of cantharidin (a poisonous chemical compound secreted by the blister beetle). English,1949-1960

Glass bottle containing cantharidin

Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Holzknecht chromoradiometer, for measuring radiotherapeutic doses, probably German manufacture, 1905-1930.

Holzknecht chromoradiometer

Radiomedicine

1905
Cylindrical bakelite container of `Tabloid' brand Kino compound (opium), 21.5gr. per oz. 90 mm x 23 mm diameter, 32g. Printed label reads, 'Burroughs Wellcome & Co./ Tabloid brand/ KINO COMPOUND/ POWDER, N.F./ (Opium, Gr. 21 1/2 per oz.)/.../gr. 5...'. Burroughs Wellcome and Co., London, used in 1919.

Bakelite tube of Kino compound

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1919
Glass bottle with bakelite lid fo 250 tablets of 100mg of Phenobarbitone B.P. 83 mm x 45 mm diameter, 151 g. Although printed label indicates each tablet is 125 mg, this is crossed out in pen and re-labeleld 100 mg. Manufactured by British Drug Houses, London, 1960-1985.

Glass bottle of 250 tablets of 100mg of Phenobarbitone B.P

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1960-1985
Glass bottle of Salimed Compound tablets (Salicylamide, Mephenesin, Amylobarbitone and Amino-Acetic Acid), half full, originally containing 100 tablets. 98 mm x 53 mm diameter, 172g. Manufactured by Medo-Chemicals Ltd., 144 Fortess Road, London, NW5, England. English, 1940-1960.

Bottle of Salimed Compound tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1940-1960
Glass bottle of 'Indigestion Mixture' with bakelite lid, containing sodium bicarbonate, rhubarb, chloroform and morphine. 171 mm x 66 mm x 34 mm, 236 g. Printed label reads, '.../INDIGESTION/MIXTURE/An invaluable preparation for disorders of the/ Stomach and Digestion.../SAVORY & MOORE LTD./Chemists to the King/LONDON. W.1' Manufactured by Savory and Moore Ltd., English, 1910-1936.

Bottle of 'Indigestion Mixture'

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1910-1936
Thermionic tetrode valve together with original box. Cylindrical valve with straight, sloping sides and shouldered near the top. The base has seven pins and a central stem. The inside of the bulb is coated obscuring much of the electrode mechanism. The six terminal wires are embedded in the base pinch and reach through to the pins. The bottom of the valve is silvered. Acid etched onto the side of the valve; The Marconiphone Co. Ltd. BVA Marconi KT66, Made in England. 1075 KCI (faded). The box, which is red, black and white, is marked Marconi Valve, trade mark of the Marconiphone Co. Ltd., made in England.

Marconiphone Co. Ltd. Tetrode Valve

Electronic Components

1933
Bakelite tube for Tabloid brand aromatic chalk powder with opium tablets with traces remaining. 90 mmx 20 mm diameter, 20g. Printed label reads, 'Burroughs Wellcome & Co./ TABLOID brand/ Aromatic Chalk with Opium/ (Pulv. Cretae Aromatic cum Opio, P.B.)/ COMPRESSED/ gr. 5...' By Burroughs Wellcome, English, 1907.

Bakelite tube of Aromatic Powder with Opium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1907
Protective goggles with leather and tape fastening, English(?), 1871-1910

Protective goggles with leather and tape fastening

Ophthalmology

1871-1910
Glass bottle with bakelite lid of 'Dial Allobarb' (allobarbitone) tablets, with approximately 25 remaining. 70 mm x 38 mm x 20 mm, 48g. Unknown maker, probably English, 1930-1960.

Bottle of 'Dial' Allobarbitone tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1930-1960
Bush 14" monochrome television receiver, tabletop Model TV32, Serial No 120/10613, manufactured by Bush Radio Ltd, 1953.

Bush 14" monochrome tabletop television receiver Model TV32, 1953

Television

1953
Ferranti radiogram record player, RC70B

Ferranti,radiogram/record play

Sound Reproduction
Glass bottle with bakelite lid of 1 gr. Phenobarbitone sodium tablets. 92 mm x 47 mm diameter, 137 g. Supplied by Savory and Moore, London, 1940-1950.

Glass bottle of Phenobarbitone sodium tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1940-1950
Glass bottle of 1gr. 'Luminal' tablets (phenobarbitone) with bakelite lid. 88 mm x 46 mm x 20 mm, 93 g. Produced by Bayer, from Savory and Moore, English, 1940-1960.

Bottle of Luminal tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1940-1960
Balloon height barograph by r. Fuess, Berlin Steglitz, with Bakelite case. ?1930s

Balloon height barograph by R. Fuess, Berlin Stegl

Meteorology

1931-1940
Pair of prismatic ‘roof’ type field glass (military?) binoculars, (6 power (?) & 25mm objective lenses), ‘R63’ model, unsigned but marked ‘N.S.L.’ European, 1920-1945 (see note).

Pair of prismatic ‘roof’ type field glass binoculars

Optics

1920-1945