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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

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

Pair of electric lamps for cine photography.

Photographic Lamps

Photographic Technology

1935-1940

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

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

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

Holzknecht chromoradiometer, for measuring radiotherapeutic doses, probably German manufacture, 1905-1930.

Holzknecht chromoradiometer

Radiomedicine

1905

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

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

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

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, containing aspirin, Dover's Powder (with opium) and phenacetin compound tablets. 103 mm x 53 mm diameter, 190 g. Printed label reads, 'TABLETS/ASPIRIN B.P. gr 6/DOVER'S POWDER B.P. gr 2/ PHENACETIN B.P. gr 2 1/2/POISON/MANUFACTURED IN ENGLAND BY/ ALLEN & HANBURYS LTD. LONDON E2'. Manufactured by Allen and Hanburys Ltd., London, 1920-1950.

Glass bottle of aspirin and Dover's powder tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1920-1950

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

Square bakelite bottle of `Tabloid' brand Aromatic chalk powder with opium tablets, opium 1/8 gr. 120 mm x 40 mm x 40 mm, 64g. Printed label reads, 'Burroughs Wellcome & Co./ Tabloid Brand/ Aromatic Chalk Powder/ with Opium/ (Pulv. Cretae Aromat. cum Opio)/ OPIUM, GR. 1/8/ in each product of/ gr. 5...'. Manufactured by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., London, used in 1919.

Bakelite bottle of Aromatic chalk powder with opium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1919

Salex horizontal enlarger. City Sale and Exchange, 81 Aldergate, London EC. For 1/2 plates; rotating carrier with sliding masks; rack rising and vertical wing on negative holder, rising front; TP Cooke Anastigmat lens F:5 3/4" f/4.5, No 81114; rack focusing on lens panel. Iron lamphouse, double condenser; ES lamp fitting; black cloth hood. Overall: 480 mm x 290 mm x 760 mm.

Salex Horizontal Enlarger

Photographic Technology

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

The Donald Fleming Collection of North American television receivers: Zenith Model G2356 15" console television receiver, 1950.

Zenith Model G2356 15" console television receiver, 1950

Television

1950

EAI electric to air converter, test set made by Fielden electronics, in wooden box.

EAI Electric to Air Converter

Scientific Instruments & Research

6 sets of sight testing spectacles in bakelite(?) holder, European, 1850-1920

6 sets of sight testing spectacles in bakelite(?)

Ophthalmology

1850-1920

Eight sets of testing spectacles, in bakelite(?) holder, European, 1850-1914

Eight sets of testing spectacles, in bakelite(?) h

Ophthalmology

1850-1914

Original type-heading optophone, with original batteries, by Dr. Edmund Edward Fournier D'Albe, 1918

Optophone

Acoustics

1918

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