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No 2A Folding Rainbow Hawk-Eye Model B camera

Photographic Technology

c. 1932

Electrogalvanic amulet

Therapeutics

1870-1930

Lissen Headphones, 1922-1930

Radio Communication

1921-1930

Kodak Brownie Flash camera

Photographic Technology

1951-1961

Karl Ferdinand Braun's 'Braun tube', 1897

Electronic Components

1897

Kodak Brownie Cresta II camera

Photographic Technology

c. 1958

Box Ensign camera 2 ½ model

Photographic Technology

1920-1930

Siemens Brothers, London, electrodynamometer type

Electricity Supply

Zenith Royal 1000 transistor radio, 1960

Radio Communication

1960

Flame test box, for identifying chemicals, 1851-1900

Experimental Chemistry

1851-1900

potentiometer no.1012 - 1920

Electricity Supply

Siemens dynamometer ammeter, in glass case, No.277

Electricity Supply

Anatomical syringe set, with stop-cock, seven deta

Anatomy & Pathology

1890-1930

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

Electricity Supply

c. 1882

Rectangular amulet case

Asian Medicine

1701-1900

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

Electricity Supply

Avodaptor for use with Avo meter to test radio equ

Electricity Supply

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

Anklet

Asian Medicine

1801-1925

Buddhist reliquary - Ga-U

Asian Medicine

1701-1900

Metal trocar with silver cannula, European, 1801-1

Surgery

1801-1910

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

Electricity Supply

Screw trocar, steel, with ebony handle, cutting ca

Surgery

1840-1870

8" dial, AC Voltmeter, with two mutually repelling

Electricity Supply

Early voltmeter, Cunynghame Woodhouse and Rawson's

Electricity Supply

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

Surgery

1871-1920

Leclanché cell, 1957

Electricity and Magnetism

1957

No. 2 Folding cartridge Hawkeye camera Model C in original carton (see 1990-5036/1103/1) 1931. Rollfilm 120 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches. With meniscus type achromatic lens, iris diaphragms under the numbers 1-3. Shutter on three point bayonet mount. Sliding focusing with preset stops. Reflecting rotating view finder on base board. Eastman Kodak Company. Red leatherette. No. 280841. Overall (deployed): 165 mm x 87 mm x 128 mm.

Kodak No 2 Folding Cartridge Hawkeye camera, Model C

Photographic Technology

1931

Kodak autosnap camera, 1961-1964. Solid body camera for 127 rollfilm. Kodak Anaston lens F: 50mm f/8. Front cell focusing. Fixed speed shutter. Semi automatic exposure control. Built in photoelectric meter, needle clamped when shutter release is pressed, aperture opened by further pressure to needle acting as a stop. Manual setting, calibrated EV 12-15. ASA speed scale 32-64. Low light indicator in direct vision optical finder. With braided neck strap. Screw and pin flash controls. Kodak Limited. Serail number 37741. Overall: 98 mm x 130 mm x 70 mm.

kodak autosnap camera

Photographic Technology

1961-1964

No. 1A Pocket Kodak Junior camera, 1929-1931. N. 5299. self erecting folding camera for 116 rollfilm. Achromatic lens, rotating plate with four apertures 1-4. Kodak No 1 shutter T/I. Brilliant reflecting finder, black body and bellows. Overall (deployed): 206 mm x 95 mm x 160 mm.

No 1A pocket Kodak junior camera

Photographic Technology

1929-1931

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

Six-20 kodak junior de luxe camera, 1939, manufactured by Kodak Ltd. Self erecting folding camera for 620 film, 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches. Fitted with a Kodak Anastigmat lens F:98mm f/4.5-22. Daker No.1 shutter, rimset, 10/25/50/100/B/T. Brilliant rotating reflecting finder. Body release shutter. Folding optical frame finder. No. 197335. Overall (deployed): 165 mm x 110 mm x 135 mm.

Six-20 Kodak junior de Luxe camera

Photographic Technology

1939

No. 2 kodak camera, 1889-1897, manufactured by Eastman Co. Box camera for factory loaded film 100 exposures, 3 1/2 inch diameter. Fitted with a rapid rectilinear lens rotating plate with three apertures, sector type shutter T/I reflecting finder, shutter cocked string. Overall: 135 mm x 112 mm x 230 mm.

No 2 Kodak camera

Photographic Technology

1889-1897

No. 4 Bullet Special model camera of 1896, manufactured by Eastman Kodak Co. Box camera for 103 rollfilm or single plate holders, 4 x 5 inches. Achromatic lens, rotating plate with three apertures, rotary shutter T/I, sliding focusing, two reflecting finders. Eastman Kodak Company, 1896.

No 4 Bullet Special model of 1896

Photographic Technology

1896

Conway camera (colour filter model). Box camera for 120 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches. Fitted with a simple lens of fixed aperture, helical focusing mount for near objects. Rotary shutter T/I. Green filter on pullout strip. With two brilliant reflecting finders with covers. Standard cameras Birmingham. Overall: 122 mm x 92 mm x 138 mm.

conway camera (colour filter model)

Photographic Technology

Ensign 'All-distance Twenty' box camera, for 120 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches c 1927. Fitted with a simple lens, spring loaded plate with two apertures, with ordinary light and bright light. With rotary shutter B/I. With two brilliant reflecting finders with wire frame. Houghton-Butcher. Overall: 116 mm x 80 mm x 122 mm.

Ensign 'All-distance Twenty' box camera, c 1927

Photographic Technology

1922-1932

No 1A Kodak Series III camera, 1926-1928. No. 48432. For 116 rollfilm 2 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches. Fitted with a Kodak anastigmat lens F:127mm f/6.3 to 45. No 17359. Exposure calculator on aperture scale. Diomatic shutter no.1. 10/25/50/100/T/B, with cocking lever, and cable release socket. Screw rising front to 6 feet. Rotating reflecting brilliant finder, autographic back. M199. Overall (deployed): 212 mm x 90 mm x 170 mm.

No 1A Kodak Series III Autographic camera

Photographic Technology

1926-1928

1a speed Kodak camera. Folding camera for 116 rollfilm 2 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches. No lens fitted. With Graflex focal plane shutter, 24 speeds, between 1/10th and 1/1000th of a second. Adjustable for 6 tensions and four curtain apertures. Collapsing optical frame finder with reflex mirror and rack and pinion focusing. No 2458. Overall (deployed): 150 mm x 265 mm x 160 mm.

1A Speed Kodak folding camera

Photographic Technology

1909-1913

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

No. 1 Autographic Kodak Special Model B, c.1926. No. 17802. For 120 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 3 1/4. Kodak Anastigmat lens No 000 F:105mm f/4.5 - 32. Compur shutter, 1/2/5/10/25/50/100/250/ with delayed action. Lens and shutter are not original. Brilliant reflecting rotating finder, front cell focusing on lens, - 3ft. Screw focusing on base, operative. Overall (deployed): 170 mm x 80 mm x 140 mm.

No 1 autographic kodak special model B

Photographic Technology

1926

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

Kodak Senior Six-16 camera, 1937-39. For 616 rollfilm 2 1/2 x 4 1/4 inch. Kodak anastigmat lens F:126mm f/4.5 - 32. Kodamatic No 2 shutter 10/25/50/100/200/B/T. With body release. Front cell focusing to 4 foot. Delayed action. Collapsing optical frame finder, self erecting bellows. No 67504. Overall (deployed): 190 mm x 120 mm x 150 mm.

Kodak Senior Six-16 camera

Photographic Technology

1937-1939

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

No. 2C autographic kodak junior camera, model A, 1916-1925, manufactured by EKCo. Folding camera for 130 rollfilm. Fitted with a Kodak anastigmat lens F:140mm f/7.7-45 No.24690. Ball bearing shutter 25/50/100/B/T. Sliding focusing with click stops. Brilliant rotating reflecting finder with cable release. No. 116880. Eastman Kodak. 1916-1925. Overall (deployed): 233 mm x 125 mm x 195 mm.

No.2C autographic Kodak junior camera Model A

Photographic Technology

1916-1925

Kodak Junior 620 camera, 1937, manufactured by Kodak AG, Germany. Self erecting folding camera for 620 film 6x9cm. Kodak Anastigmat lens F:10.5cm, f/8.8-16; front cell focusing. ACG K2 shutter 25/50/100/B/T. Brilliant reflecting rotating finder, folding frame finder. No 274616A. Overall (deployed): 162 mm x 115 mm x 120 mm.

Kodak Junior Six-20 camera

Photographic Technology

1937

No. 3B quick focus camera, Model A, box camera for 125 rollfilm 3 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches. Fitted with a meniscus achromatic lens, rotating plate with three apertures, rotary shutter T/I, preset spring loaded focusing movement released by button with two brilliant reflecting finders. No 124K. Eastman Kodak, 1906-1911. Overall: 185 mm x 120 mm x 210 mm.

No 3B Kodak quick focus camera Model A

Photographic Technology

1906-1911

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

No. 2 brownie junior camera. Box camera for 120 roll film 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inch. Meniscus lens, fixed aperture, rotary shutter T/I, two reflecting finders. Kodak Limited, 1930-1932. Overall: 112 mm x 85 mm x 145 mm.

No 2 Brownie junior camera

Photographic Technology

1930-1932

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