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Steam locomotive, entitled Evening Star

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1960

Pullman Car Company, called Topaz

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1913

Great Western Railway steam locomotive 'King George V' 4-6-0 King class, No 6000, 1927

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1927

Compagnie Internationale de Wagon-Lits et de Grands Express Europeens sleeping car, 1933

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1933

Queen Elizabeth's Saloon

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1941

Two-power artillery periscope

Optics

1917

Button surgically removed from a child's nose, United Kingdom, 1906

Surgery

1901-1906

Peltier Type Electrometer, 1848

Geophysics

1845

Ophthalmoscope, British, c. 1850. Two mirrors of

Optics

1845-1855

Mantel clock, ornate black marble case, arabic numerals, brass plate inscribed "Presented to Mr. R. Dawson by the Gentleman Farmers and others in the neighbourhood of Shipton on his retiring as Stationmaster which he has filled so satisfactorily for a period of 32 years. February 27th 1894".

Mantel clock, presented to retiring stationmaster of Shipton

Railway Timepieces

Steam locomotive, Great Western Railway, Dean Goods, 0-6-0, No 2516, designed by William Dean, built at Swindon in 1897, withdrawn in 1956.

Steam locomotive 'Dean Goods', Great Western Railway

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1897

Steam locomotive, Great Western Railway, 0-6-0PT No 9400, built at Swindon in 1947, withdrawn in 1959.

Hawkesworth 'Pannier tank' No. 9400, Great Western Railway

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1947

Five early rubber mouldings in frames (2 in one frame), made by Thomas Hancock, c1840.

Vulcanite rubber plaques made by Thomas Hancock

Plastics and Modern Materials

c. 1840

Railway carriage, Great Western Railway, Buffet Car No 9631, built in 1934.

Buffet Car No 9631, Great Western Railway

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1934

Attached vulcanite processing bath. Made by Moore & Co, Liverpool. Overall: 115 mm x 95 mm.

Vulcanite processing bath for Aptus camera

Photographic Technology

Steam locomotive, London & North Western Railway, 0-4-0ST No 1439, designed by John Ramsbottom, built at Crewe in 1865, withdrawn in 1954.

Steam locomotive, number 1439

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1865

Motor Coach, Southern Railway and British Railways Southern Region, electric motor 3rd brake, No S8143S, 4-sub (Suburban) of 1925.

Motor coach, Southern Railway

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1925

Chassaignac type ecraseur by Collin & Cie, Paris, France, c.1870 - used for operations on intra-uterine polypus. From Charriere, Collin and Gentile collection

Chassaignac type ecraseur by Collin & Cie, Paris,

Surgery

1870-1930