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Cascade generator built at the Cavendish Laboratory

Nuclear Physics

1937

Cybernetic tortoise, developed to help with studies on brain function

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1950-1952

Brunsviga calculating machine

Mathematics

1931-1939

Zinc discs, painted one side white with broad red line across the centre

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1772-1773

Stirling's hot air engine, c. 1816.

Heat Engines (non steam)

1811-1826

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

Biochemistry

1993

GBN toy magic lantern

Cinematography

1905

Cascade generator for 1.5 million volt accelerator

Nuclear Physics

1937

Phantasmagoria magic lantern, late 18th century

Optics

1780-1900

Agfa 'Blitzlampe' Flashlamp

Photographic Technology

1910

Magic Lantern and slides for Children, 1913-1920

Cinematography

1913-1920

Wooden model of London Post Office microwave Tower aerial galleries

Telecommunications

1960-1965

Attacking Robot

Human Robotics

Negretti & Zambra Reversing Mercury Thermometer, 1877-78.

Oceanography

1877-1878

toy magic lantern, with 19 slides

Optics

1880-1900

Steel kettle, tin plated

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1850-1900

Aircraft bomb-aiming mechanical computer

Computing & Data Processing

1940-1945

Marsaut Safety Lamp, 1880s

Mining & Ore Dressing

1880-1889

Davy Safety Lamp for Gas Testing, 1887-1897

Mining & Ore Dressing

1887-1897

oil filter

Motive Power

1930

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

Surgery

1871-1900

Instrument Sterilizer, Scottish, 1871-1900.

Surgery

1871-1900

Directional Robot

Human Robotics

1957

Instrument Sterilizer, European, late 19th Century

Surgery

1890-1910

Flame test box, for identifying chemicals, 1851-1900

Experimental Chemistry

1851-1900

Television Spaceman Robot

Human Robotics

1967

Mahogany cover, with two lubrication feed pots and separate winding handle, for double grindwheel model

Hand and Machine Tools

1853

Atom Robot

Human Robotics

Surface Condenser and Air Pump, England, 1775

Motive Power

1775

Oil drip tray, from Foxton's patent perpetual log

Navigation

1770-1820

Leslie Cube

Heat

1872

enamelled metal optical novelty 'Die 2 Sultane',

Ophthalmology

1850-1900

Magic Lantern for Children

Cinematography

1913-1920

Three Overcases, for three different watch sizes

Time Measurement

Magic Lantern

Optics

1801-1900

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

Miner's Oil Lamp from Ayrshire, 1801-1860

Mining & Ore Dressing

1801-1865

Wet-plate Sensitising Bath

Photographic Technology

1854

Fruit scale

Weighing & Measuring

1870-1880

Box of string loops for Foucault Pendulum.

Astronomy

1985-1987

Tin printed with 'National household Skimmed Milk', one of two examples of potential diffraction cameras, made by Dame Kathleen Lonsdale, University College London, 1939-1956.

Tin Can Prototype X-Ray diffraction camera

Experimental Chemistry

1939-1956

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

Model, (scale 1:12), of breast shot water wheel ventilated buckets with rack and pinion operated sluice, by Whitmore & Binyon, Wickham Market, Suffolk, England, 1883-1891.

Breast-shot Water Wheel, c. 1888

Motive Power

1883-1891

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

Arkwright's drawing frame, commonly known as a lantern frame, and fragments from the original wooden pulley, England, 1775-1785

Arkwright's drawing frame

Textiles Machinery

1775-1785

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

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

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Magic Lantern for Children

NSMM

1913-1920

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

Box used for powdered ginger

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

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