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Lenses from the Finsen lamp

1890-1900

De Havilland Comet 4B Airliner

1960

Phakoscope designed by Hermann von Helmhotz

1870-1878

Ranger Robot with box packaging

1979

Bersey Electric Taxi Cab

1897

Gateleg workbench by Al-Ko

1977

Siemens ‘Elmiskop 1’ electron microscope, Germany, 1955

1945-1955

Iron mortsafe base and lid

1801-1822

BioFlo 4500 bioreactor fermenter, used to grow yeast cultures and bacterial strains including genetically modified organisms.

1998

Programme Effects Generator tape cassette

1967

Canary resuscitator

1920-1930

Heart-lung machine from Royal Postgraduate Hospital Hammersmith c.1958

1955-1960

Three-wheeled motor car

1888

Hawker Siddeley Trident 3 aircraft

1971

Ironclad switchfuse "Invicta" model

1950-1970

Piston Robot with box packaging

1977

‘Toy-Town Telephone Exchange’ toy, c.1955

1955

Desk calendar

Daimler-Maybach Motor Car

1895

Sports Three-Wheeled Motor Car, Registered 1914

1913-1914

Oak funeral bier donated to the parish of Shrivenham by Rear Admiral Sir Charles Dury in memory of his late wife, Frances Ellen Whitehead

1900

Drawing instrument set

circa 1890

Kiil kidney dialysis apparatus, England, 1980-1982

1980-1982

Coin-Operated Person Scale Made by W&T Avery.

1937

Negative Bracelet made from captured carbon

2020

Cyclecar

1921

Locomotive nameplate, London & North Eastern Railway, 'City of Newcastle', ex A2 Class, Raven Pacific, No. 2400, built December 1922, Darlington, withdrawn April 1937.

City of Newcastle

1922

Old wooden cheese press, hand type, with four large stone weights

Old wooden cheese press

BT fibreoptic street distribution cabinet, 2006, formerly located at Foxhall, near Ipswich, the first to be installed in the UK

BT Fibreoptic Street Distribution Cabinet

2006

Brace and bit hand drill.

Hand drill

Flow Tektor equipment, RD61/D, S/N 125, made by Fielden electronics Ltd

Fielden Flow Tektor RD61/D

Five roller textile printing machine made by William Mather, Manchester, around 1850.

Five roller textile printing machine made by William Mather

1850

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

1940

Station bench, red painted perforated steel, originating from unknown Network Rail station.

Station bench

Hand operated machine tool, presumed to be a paper guillotine, made by James F Vickery, Manchester.

Hand Operated Machine Tool by James F Vickery

Wine accessory gift set, metal, Great North Eastern Railway, in black cardboard presentation box, comprises corkscrew and Great North Eastern Railway (GNER) monogrammed wine saver stopper.

Great North Eastern Railway gift set

Pressure Gauge with 6 steel plates and 2 extra springs

Pressure gauge

"Homesun" ultra-violet lamp, the original model, 1927, with transformer

"Homesun" ultra-violet lamp

1927

Sign, openwork on frame, British Rail with double arrow logo, enamelled lettering, ex facade of Bristol Temple Meads Station.

British Rail logo

1968

Hand drill

Goerz folding camera no.25392 for plates 6 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches size by C.P. Goerz, Berlin, with 180mm f6.8 series III Goerz Dagor lens no.261944, c. 1914

Goerz Folding Plate Camera

1914

109 ceramic insulators, of which 31 have spindles fitted, together with iron hood for ceramic insulator for two H telephone poles, made by the General Post Office, British, c. 1898.

109 ceramic insulators and iron pole-top fitting for telephone H poles, c. 1898

1895-1900

Motor vehicle, Detroit brougham, electric, registration no. 1916 MN, 1916.

Detroit Brougham

1916

Junction piece elm water pipe, four foot long, six inch internal diameter

Junction piece elm water pipe

Lysholm skull x-ray imaging unit, model DS551, made by Elema-Schonander, Sweden, used for x-ray imaging facial injuries at the Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, United Kingdom which specialises in maxillofacial injuries, in use from 1940 until 2018.

Lysholm skull x-ray imaging unit

circa 1940

Large (15 1/2") Loudspeaker by Epoch Industrial Manufacturing Co. Ltd., UK, c. 1935

Loudspeaker by Epoch Industrial Manufacturing Co. Ltd

1930-1940