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Wrayflex camera

Photographic Technology

1951

Contax S camera

Photographic Technology

1948

The Ardente Hearing aid, London, England, 1920-1930

Audiology

1920-1930

Strowger step-by-step automatic telephone exchange switch, 1897-1898

Telecommunications

1897-1898

Ilford Witness camera

Photographic Technology

c. 1959

Kodak Retina (Type 117)

Photographic Technology

1934-1935

Reid III Rangefinder Camera

Photographic Technology

c. 1956

Polaroid Land camera Model 95

Photographic Technology

1948-1953

Quarter-plate `Cameo' camera used to take 'second phase' of Cottingley Fairies photographs, 1918-1920

Photographs

1915-1920

'Midg' Camera Used to Make the First Two `Cottingley fairies' Photographs in 1917

Photographic Technology

1902-1917

Model of Mars Expedition Viking Lander, 1976

Space Technology

1976 (original)

Bol Cinégraphe 35mm cine camera

Cinematography

1924

Cine-Kodak Special II Camera

Cinematography

1933-1934

Box camera for 127 rollfilm 1 5/8 x 2 1/2 inches. Fitted with a meniscus lens, rotary shutter T/I. With two reflecting finders. Kodak Limited, 1914-1935

No 0 brownie camera model A

Photographic Technology

1914-1935

Three-wheeled motor car

Road Transport

1888

Set of fifty artificial eyes, Liverpool, England, 1900-1940

Ophthalmology

1900-1940

No1 Brownie camera Model B

Photographic Technology

1904-1916

No 2 Portrait Brownie Model F camera

Photographic Technology

1928-1935

Folding camera for 620 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 3 1/4". Kodak Anastigmat Special lens No 689, F:100mm, f/3.5-22. Five blade shutter 1/2/5/10/25/50/100/200/B/T. Aperture setting coupled directly to photoelectric cell for automatic exposure control. Helical front-cell focusing coupled to split image rangefinder with triangular central field, combined with viewfinder. With leather hand strap. Lever wind-on. No 59714. The camera was designed by Joseph Mihalyi and styled by Walter Dorwin Teague.

Kodak Super Six-20 camera

Photographic Technology

1938-1944

No 2 Portrait Brownie camera

Photographic Technology

1928-1935

Twin lens reflex camera for 35mm film, 24 x 36mm. Fitted with two Agfa color Apotar lens F: 45mm, f/2.8-22, coated. Helical focusing mount with finder lens, reflex screen with split image finder in centre. Folding hood with magnifier and optical frame finder. Prontor shutter 1/2/5/8/15/30/125/250/500/B. Coaxial flash socket. X-Synch. Lever wind. Rotary exposure counter. Film type reminder wheel. With lens hood. Serial No AB 3850. Agfa c.1961.

Agfa Flexilette Twin Lens Reflex Camera

Photographic Technology

1956-1966

Homeopathic medicine chest, London, 1880-1910

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1880-1910

Brownie Flash B camera

Photographic Technology

c. 1959

Homeopathic medicine chest, London, England, 1880-1920

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1880-1920

Currie type clinical thermometer, 1800-1810

Clinical Diagnosis

1800-1810

Pocket aneroid barograph

Meteorology

1919

Pathé Baby-Cine 9.5mm camera

Cinematography

1923

Kilburn's stereoscope

Photographic Technology

c. 1854

Pilot balloon slide rule, 1927

Meteorology

1927

Child’s car safety seat ‘Tot Guard’, United States, 1974-1975

Public Health & Hygiene

c.1974-1975

Lovibond's pigmentation meter by Tintometer Ltd.,

Optics

1895-1905

Folding bellows camera for 116 rollfilm 2 1/2 x 4 1/4". Simple lens, US 116-128. Wollensak Optical Co shutter T/I/B. Brilliant reflecting finder on baseboard, reversible. Sliding focusing, with 3 position preset stop. Patent 20 September 1910.

No 2A Folding Buster Brown camera Model A

Photographic Technology

1910

Box camera for 120 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches. Fitted with a meniscus lens, sliding plate with three apertures, rotary shutter T/I, with two brilliant reflecting finder. In blue leatherette. 1929-1935.

No 2 brownie model f camera

Photographic Technology

1929-1935

Reynaud's Praxinoscope Theatre

Cinematography

1879 (1956)

No 5 Cirkut camera

Photographic Technology

1914-1924

Nelrod Liteflash camera

Photographic Technology

1950

Kodak No 1 Camera

Photographic Technology

c. 1891

Paillard Bolex H16 16mm Cine Camera

Cinematography

1951-1952

Penicillium mould presented by Alexander Fleming

Biotechnology

1935

Leatherette case for cigar holder

Smoking

1864-1867

Leatherette case for mechanical hearing aids

Audiology

1935-1936

Arriflex llB 35mm Cine Camera with 200' Magazine

Cinematography

1950

Haemoglobinometer

Clinical Diagnosis

1850-1950

Briar tobacco pipe with case, Europe, 1890-1925

Smoking

1890-1925

Periflex camera

Photographic Technology

1949-1959

Kodak Beau Brownie No 2

Photographic Technology

1930-1933

Single lens reflex camera for 35mm film 24x36mm; Nikko-S Auto lens F:5cm f/2 Serial No 542635; with lens cap 'Nippon Kogaku Tokyo 52mm Patent Pending'; focal plane shutter 1-1/1000 sec. delayed action; pentaprism/meter head, coupling to shutter setting and aperture; match needle in finder and on prism top; set shutter; adjust aperture no. 480256; Camera Serial no. 6451677.

Nikon F camera

Photographic Technology

c. 1959

Cigar holder representing the coronation of King Ludwig II of Bavaria

Smoking

1864-1867

Paillard-Bolex H8 8mm cine camera

Cinematography

1938

Bauer Mini S cine camera

Cinematography

1966-1968