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Sea-surface temperature bucket, Crawford type

1960-1970

Mark I Magnox Reactor Inspection Vehicle, controls and probe

1970-1978

Digital voltmeter type LM 1010.2 serial no. 84261

1961-1975 (estimated)

Autobalance precision bridge type B331 Mk II

1966-1979

United States War Department Emergency Pass, 1945.

1945

Radioactive source jig, 1982.

1982

Safety razor in bakelite case by Ever Ready

Model of cloud chamber magnet presented to Prof. P.M.S. Blackett, 1934

1957

TALC Growth Chart, Hertfordshire, England, 1992

1992

Sea-surface temperature bucket

1960-1969

Nuclear reactor simulation consisting of 5.25" computer disk

circa 1985

Atari Portfolio HPC-004 palmtop computer

circa 1989

Radio-controlled LCD digital quartz desk clock

2000

Digital voltmeter type LM 902-2 serial no. 65286 by Solartron Laboratory Instruments Ltd.

1961-1975 (estimated)

Radioactive source jig, 1982.

1982

Radioactive source jig, 1982.

1982

Model, of a sail used for merchant ship propulsion

Film badge radiation dosemeters

1980

Quartz LCD digital 'transformer' child's wristwatch

1987-1989

Radiac slide rule by Blundell Rules Limited

1960-1972

Specimen 'green' American Express charge card, 1997-1998

Specimen 'green' American Express charge card

1997-1998

Atari Portfolio model HPC-004 Palmtop Personal Computer

Atari Portfolio HPC-004 palmtop computer

circa 1989

Bench micrometer, 0-2" range, made by Sigma instrument Co. in 1954.

Bench micrometer

1954

Computer Workstation by SUN MicroSystems USA, model sun IV sparc 260, includes two SUN computer workstations, monitor, keyboard, two individual cables, optical mouse, and mouse pad, United States, 1985

SUN MicroSystems Workstation with accessories

Main measuring unit of the Mitutoyo Coordinate measuring machine, model FN - 403 ;

Main measuring unit of the Mitutoyo Coordinate measuring machine

Sampling oscilloscope model 185A serial no. 120-00774 by Hewlett Packard, Palo Alto, California, with two captive probes, c. 1960, with two input channels each 10 - 200 mV/cm and timebase 10 - 100 millimicroseconds/cm plus X1 and X10 magnifier.

Sampling oscilloscope model 185A serial no. 120-00774 by Hewlett Packard

1955-1964 (estimated)

Cambridge Microscan 9 Electron probe X-ray microanalyser, serial number 0014, made by Cambridge Instruments, 1978

Cambridge Microscan 9 Electron probe X-ray microanalyser

1978

Control unit for a Mark 1 scanning tunneling microscope by WA Technology, such as Inv. No. 1989-576, with preamplifier and monitor boxes and various cables, dating from 1985 to 1994.

Control unit for a Mark 1 scanning tunneling microscope by WA Technology

1985-1994

Swatch Skin Watch quartz electronic wristwatch

Swatch Skin Watch quartz electronic wristwatch

1998

Analogue quartz-crystal controlled wristwatch, with 'Frozen Sky' dial design by Langlands and Bell incorporating the 3-letter abbreviations for 25 international airports, distributed by MOMART plc as a Christmas gift in 1998, in plastic case and cardboard sleeve.

Analogue quartz-crystal controlled wristwatch

1998

Wind MIDI (musical instrument digital interface) controller, type WX5, made by Yamaha Corporation, Electronic Musical Instrument Division, 1999, complete with soft case, power supply, strap, instruction manual, and output connector.

Electronic clarinet with case, components and instructions

1999

Model of double-hulled tanker; 52,127 gt; 96733 dwt, "Olympic Serenity" (1991), original prototype built by Sumitomo Heavy Industries, launched 20 January 1991

Model of double-hulled tanker

1991

'Battery Manager Ultra', a battery charger designed for recharging alkaline (primary) batteries but also for zinc chloride (primary) batteries and Nickel-Cadmium, Alkaline and Nickel Metal Hydride rechargeable types, with plug-in power unit, in original packaging marked Innovations International Ltd., Richmond, Surrey, supplied by Maplin Electronics Ltd, date 1999-2000.

'Battery Manager Ultra'

1999-2000

Scientific stereoscope for use on desk or bench top by Carl Zeiss Jena, Nr. 5284, and 14 (plus one duplicate) out of a set of 20 stereographs, post-1908

Scientific stereoscope for use on desk or bench top by Carl Zeiss Jena

1908-1914 (estimated)

Three heavy mult-core cables tagged X, Y and Z, to fit respectively tagged connection sockets on the main unit, part 1, of the co-ordinate measuring machine.

Three heavy mult-core cables tagged X

circa 1982

Servo unit for Mitutoyo co-ordinate measuring machine.

Servo unit for Mitutoyo co-ordinate measuring machine

1983

Ford 1.6 Lt Fuel Injection engine from a Ford Escort motorcar, c.1984. New condition. It is a type CVH(Compound Valve angle, Hemispherical) combustion chamber, which can be described as a four in-line overhead cam(ohc) engine.

Ford 1.6 Lt Fuel Injection engine from a Ford Escort motorcar

circa 1984

Precision ratio comparison bridge type VLF51A, by Rosemount Engineering Company Limited, Bognor Regis, Sussex, England, c.1980, with terminal unit model CSU A1.

Precision ratio comparison bridge type VLF51A

1976-1985

Radial velocity spectrometer with photoelectric detectors designed by Dr R. Griffin of the Institute of Astronomy at Cambridge around 1960.

Radial velocity spectrometer

1960

Counter for low-level alpha radiation used at the British Museum Department of Scientific Research for measuring the radiation level of surrounding soil when calculating thermoluminescence dates of samples, estimated date 1970-1979, comprising counter unit probably by the Littlemore Scientific Engineering Co., plus a Brandenberg model 2475R photomultiplier power supply mounted in one housing, and a photomultiplier tube unit.

Counter for low-level alpha radiation used at the British Museum Department of Scientific Research

1970-1979 (estimated)