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Electrogalvanic amulet

Therapeutics

1870-1930

Lissen Headphones, 1922-1930

Radio Communication

1921-1930

Karl Ferdinand Braun's 'Braun tube', 1897

Electronic Components

1897

Kodak Brownie Flash camera

Photographic Technology

1951-1961

No.1A Folding Pocket Autographic Kodak special camera

Photographic Technology

1910-1912

Crompton voltmeter no.363 - c.1883, 50 - 250v.

Electricity Supply

Thompson's(?) trocar, and cannula, steel and white

Surgery

1871-1920

Siemens Brothers, London, electrodynamometer type

Electricity Supply

Avodaptor for use with Avo meter to test radio equ

Electricity Supply

Zenith Royal 1000 transistor radio, 1960

Radio Communication

1960

Flame test box, for identifying chemicals, 1851-1900

Experimental Chemistry

1851-1900

Box Ensign camera 2 ½ model

Photographic Technology

1920-1930

Kodak Brownie Cresta II camera

Photographic Technology

c. 1958

No 2A Folding Rainbow Hawk-Eye Model B camera

Photographic Technology

c. 1932

Crompton 6" voltmeter no.179- c.1882, 0 - 300v.

Electricity Supply

c. 1882

Siemens dynamometer ammeter, in glass case, No.277

Electricity Supply

potentiometer no.1012 - 1920

Electricity Supply

Anatomical syringe set, with stop-cock, seven deta

Anatomy & Pathology

1890-1930

Experimental apparatus

Surgery

1890-1920

Hand folding spectacles, tortoiseshell and metal,

Ophthalmology

1851-1910

Hand, transverse folding, spring spectacles, bone

Ophthalmology

1801-1920

Rectangular amulet case

Asian Medicine

1701-1900

Efescaphone crystal radio set, about 1924

Radio Communication

1921-1930

Stag beetle with white metal mount, glass bead inset, from Prizren, Serbia, Yugoslavian, 1900-1930

Stag beetle with inset glass bead

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1900-1930

Buddhist reliquary - Ga-U

Asian Medicine

1701-1900

Anklet

Asian Medicine

1801-1925

Lord Kelvin's paralleling voltmeter, no.525, scale

Electricity Supply

Metal trocar with silver cannula, European, 1801-1

Surgery

1801-1910

Screw trocar, steel, with ebony handle, cutting ca

Surgery

1840-1870

Hinged cap spectacle case, mother-of-pearl, Englis

Ophthalmology

1801-1890

Hinged cap spectacle case, tortoiseshell and mothe

Ophthalmology

1801-1890

8" dial, AC Voltmeter, with two mutually repelling

Electricity Supply

Early voltmeter, Cunynghame Woodhouse and Rawson's

Electricity Supply

Hand, transverse folding, sprung spectacles, horn

Ophthalmology

1801-1920

Transverse folding tinted spectacles, right lens m

Ophthalmology

1801-1900

Box containing fourteen assorted apothecary's weig

Pharmacy-ware

1910-1950

Leclanché cell, 1957

Electricity and Magnetism

1957

Hinged cap spectacle case, tortoiseshell, slightly

Ophthalmology

1780-1850

Hand folding spectacles, white metal and mother-of

Ophthalmology

1801-1850

Poole electric clock, patented 1927 and made by the Morse Chain Co., Ithaca, N.Y. USA, serial number 3072. brass and steel on mahogany base with clear glass dome, lacks pendulum

Poole electric clock

Time Measurement

1927-1930

popular portrait brownie camera

Photographic Technology

1938

No. 4A speed kodak camera, model A,. Folding camera for 126 rollfilm 4 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches. Ross homocentric lens F: 7 inches f/ 6.3-22 No. 90630. Kodak focal plane, 36 speeds from 1/5 to 1/1000 sec by adjusting curtain aperture and tension. T setting. Brilliant reflecting rotating finder, folding optical frame finder. RAck and pinion focusing. 1908-1913 manufactured by Eastman kodak. Overall (deployed): 310 mm x 190 mm x 290 mm.

No 4A Speed Kodak Camera Model A

Photographic Technology

1908-1913

No 3 Flush Back Kodak Model A. Folding camera for 118 rollfilm. Fitted with a Bausch and Lomb rapid rectilinear lens US 4-64; 3 FBK automatic shutter T/B/I. Screw rising, sliding cross front. Sliding focusing with preset stop. Brilliant reflecting rotating finder with level and hood. RE moveable panel on back for plateholder/focusing screen. Manufactured by Eastman Kodak. Overall (deployed): 200 mm x 120 mm x 150 mm. Essentially, this camera is a No FPK camera fitted with a special recessed combination plate back taking a single metal plate holder. This recessed back made the camera the same thickness as the normal model - hence the name. It was supplied only for the European market.

No 3 Flush Back Kodak Model A Camera

Photographic Technology

1909-1912

Ilford Craftsman camera. Box type for 120 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches. Fitted with a simple lens, 2 apertures, 9,`8 (knob missing). Shutter 25/75/B. Helical focusing. Large reflex brilliant finder. Overall (deployed): 168 mm x 90 mm x 104 mm.

ilford craftsman camera

Photographic Technology

No. 2C Brownie camera model A. Box camera for 130 rollfilm 2 7/8 x 4 7/8 inches. Fitted with a meniscus achromatic lens, sliding plate with three apertures, rotary shutter T/I and two reflecting finders. Eastman Kodak, 1917-1934. Overall: 160 mm x 100 mm x 184 mm.

No 2 C brownie camera model A

Photographic Technology

1917-1934

Six-16 folding brownie camera, assembled in France. A self erecting, folding camera for 616 rollfilm 2 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches. Fitted with an anastigmat Kodak Rapid B lens with apertures 1, 2, 3. With front cell focusing and a rotating reflecting brilliant finder. ACG shutter I/B/T fitted. Overall (deployed): 200 mm x 85 mm x 152 mm.

Six-16 folding brownie camera

Photographic Technology

1932

Roy Rogers and Trigger 620 Snapshot camera. Made by Herbert George Company, Chicago. Overall: 110 mm x 86 mm x 95 mm.

Roy Rogers and Trigger 620 Snapshot camera.

Photographic Technology

1950

Brooch partly manufactured, before being coated with gold or silver and having gems fitted, by Ingrams, 1996

Partly manufactured brooch

Materials Science Gallery

1996

No. 2C Pocket Kodak camera, 1925-1932. No. 956. For rollfilm 130 2 7/8 x 4 7/8th. Fitted with an achromatic lens, iris diaphragm 1-4, a Kodex No 1 shutter, 25/50/T/B. Screw focusing to 6 feet. With a brilliant rotating reflecting finder, autographic back. M1790. Overall (deployed): 230 mm x 105 mm x 180 mm.

No 2 C Pocket Kodak Autographic

Photographic Technology

1925-1932

Box camera for 120 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches; periscope lens; 3 apertures f/11, 16, 22; B/I shutter, 3 distance settings; 2 reflecting finders. Overall: 106 mm x 87 mm x 140 mm.

Agfa Box Spezial camera

Photographic Technology

1930-1939