Cybernetic tortoise, developed to help with studies on brain function Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry 1950-1952
Zinc discs, painted one side white with broad red line across the centre James Watt's Garret Workshop 1772-1773
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
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
Tinplated iron cylinder, main component part of the first model of a separate steam engine condenser by James Watt, 1765. Taken from the contents of the private workshop of James Watt from his house of Heathfield, Birmingham, where he lived from 1790 to his death in 1819. Main component of model of the first steam engine condenser James Watt's Garret Workshop 1765
Mahogany cover, with two lubrication feed pots and separate winding handle, for double grindwheel model Hand and Machine Tools 1853
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
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
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
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
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
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
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