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Cascade generator built at the Cavendish Laboratory

Nuclear Physics

1937

Brunsviga calculating machine

Mathematics

1931-1939

Cybernetic tortoise, developed to help with studies on brain function

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1950-1952

Stirling's hot air engine, c. 1816.

Heat Engines (non steam)

1811-1826

GBN toy magic lantern

Cinematography

1905

Marsaut Safety Lamp, 1880s

Mining & Ore Dressing

1880-1889

Cascade generator for 1.5 million volt accelerator

Nuclear Physics

1937

Replica of Crick and Watson's 1953 DNA Double Helix Model

Biochemistry

1993

Aircraft bomb-aiming mechanical computer

Computing & Data Processing

1940-1945

Agfa 'Blitzlampe' Flashlamp

Photographic Technology

1910

Negretti & Zambra Reversing Mercury Thermometer, 1877-78.

Oceanography

1877-1878

toy magic lantern, with 19 slides

Optics

1880-1900

Wooden model of London Post Office microwave Tower aerial galleries

Telecommunications

1960-1965

Miner's Oil Lamp from Ayrshire, 1801-1860

Mining & Ore Dressing

1801-1865

Phantasmagoria magic lantern, late 18th century

Optics

1780-1900

Leslie Cube

Heat

1872

Surface Condenser and Air Pump, England, 1775

Motive Power

1775

Magic Lantern and slides for Children, 1913-1920

Cinematography

1913-1920

oil filter

Motive Power

1930

Davy Safety Lamp for Gas Testing, 1887-1897

Mining & Ore Dressing

1887-1897

Steam Carbolic Spray used by Joseph Lister, late 19th Century

Surgery

1871-1900

Oil drip tray ,from Foxton's patent perpetual log

Navigation

1770-1820

Magic Lantern for Children

Cinematography

1913-1920

Holder for magnesium ribbon fed over wooden roller through narrow window nozzle. Triangular wedge-shape. Black and yellow tin plate. Kodak Limited. 1912-1939.

Kodak Magnesium Ribbon Holder

Photographic Technology

1912-1939

Box of string loops for Foucault Pendulum.

Astronomy

1985-1987

Portable set of blowpipe apparatus and reagents by W A Taylor, Penzance, 1851-1900.

Flame test box, for identifying chemicals, 1851-1900

Experimental Chemistry

1851-1900

Tin, from "En Route" set made by Drew & Sons, Piccadilly. Slightly rounded lid; hinged; enamelled brass liner inside. Liner: 56 mm x 120 mm x 96 mm; overall (tin): 70 mm x 130 mm x 104 mm.

En Route tin

Passenger Comforts

Mercury manometer precision barometer 41/62, no. 141, by C.F. Casella and Co. Ltd, London, England, 1962.

C.F. Casella and Co. Ltd Manometer precision barometer, 1962

Meteorology

1962

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Magic Lantern for Children

NSMM

1913-1920

Box of boracic acid crystals, hinged with ring handle on top, prepared by J Duncan of Glasgow

Box of boracic acid crystals

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Sterilizer, steel, by A. Young of Edinburgh, 1871-1900.

Instrument Sterilizer, Scottish, 1871-1900.

Surgery

1871-1900

Sugar tin, from "En Route" set made by Drew & Sons, Piccadilly. Push on lid; oval; enamelled brass liner inside. Liner: 30 mm x 110 mm x 68 mm; overall (tin): 34 mm x 114 mm x 73 mm.

En Route oval sugar tin

Passenger Comforts

Two lens stops with six smaller stops for whole-plate collapsible field camera in leather case. Smaller stops stamped '4,5" x 3,2'. Smaller stops by J H Dallmeyer.

Two Lens Stops For Ottewill Collapsible Field Camera

Photographic Technology

1853

Empty box used for ginger, hinged with ring handle on top, printed label "Ginger"

Box used for powdered ginger

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

enamelled metal optical novelty 'Die 2 Sultane', in form of two torsos, German, 1850-1900

enamelled metal optical novelty 'Die 2 Sultane',

Ophthalmology

1850-1900

Magic Lantern, 19th century

Magic Lantern

Optics

1801-1900

Large-cistern standard barometer by Robert Carr Woods, London, England, 1837

Large-cistern standard barometer, 1837

Meteorology

1837

Instrument sterilizer possibly English, late 19th or early 20th century.

Instrument Sterilizer, European, late 19th Century

Surgery

1890-1910

Square phenol formaldehyde (Bakelite) clock in imitation walnut (brown/black), stepped, moulded Art Deco design, with rounded shoulders, by the Compagnie Industrielle de Mecanique Horlogere, Paris, 1930-1939. Trademarked: JAZ

Square phenol formaldehyde (Bakelite) clock in imi

Plastics and Modern Materials

1930-1939

Box of boracic acid lint, hinged with ring handle on top

Box used for boracic acid lint

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Fearnley's patent Universal calculator, circular slide rule with cardboard scale in fitted mahogany case, unsigned, British,1880-1900. Used at the University Observatory, Cambridge, at Madingley Road, Cambridge, England.

Fearnley's patent Universal calculator, circular s

Mathematics

No 5 Yale Stereoscopic Pattern camera, c.1900. Plates carried in a metal carrier with changing box at back. The shutter is of the air pressure type with speeds 1/2sec to 1/100sec. Cocking rod used for time exposure. Fitted with a pair of Ross Doublet lenses 5" f.1.F.7.3. Focusing by rack and pinion. With brilliant waist-level viewfinder placed on the front panel. Wooden with black leather covering. Adams & Co c.1900

No 5 Yale Stereoscopic Pattern Camera

Photographic Technology

c.1900

Instrument sterilizer with case, possibly English, late 19th or early 20th century

Instrument sterilizer with case, possibly English,

Surgery

1890-1910

Red and white mottled phenol formaldehyde (Bakelite) egg slicer, by Hygene, England, 1930-1949. Stamped 'U.S.A. CANADIAN AND OTHER PATENTS PENDING' and 'EGG Hygene SLICER'. Hygene in cursive form.

Red and white mottled phenol formaldehyde (Bakelite) egg slicer

Plastics and Modern Materials

1930-1949

Stand and night light for food warmer, Samuel Clarke's patented Pyramid, probably American, 20th century

Food warmer stand and night light

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1900-1920

20lb Roberval-type fruit scale, made by W. & T. Avery; model 639.

Fruit scale

Weighing & Measuring

1870-1880

Kettle, from "En Route" set made by Drew & Sons, Piccadilly. Contains pierced cylinder/tea strainer. Overall: 158 mm x 175 mm x 116 mm.

En Route kettle

Passenger Comforts

Chocolate box, painted tinplate, with some contents and foil, by Rowntree & Co., York, England, issued to soldiers in the Boer War, 1900.

Tin of Chocolate issued to Boer War Soldiers, 1900

Wellcome (general)

1899

Glass Specific Gravity Bottle with perforated stopper in tin-plate iron case, with counterpoise container in lid [1000 grains], 1840-50.

Specific Gravity Bottle with Metal Tin-Plate Case, 1840-1850

Experimental Chemistry

1840-1850

Tin, of ‘Benzoated Voice’ throat pastilles, by Allen and Hanburys, London, England, 1920-1940

Tin, of ‘Benzoated Voice’ throat pastilles

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1920-1940