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United States Army Air Force camera

Photographic Technology

1940-1945

Models of two parabolic zinc reflectors used by Heinrich Hertz, 1949

Radio Communication

1949

Part of voltaic cell

Scientific Instruments & Research

Moulded unprocessed bakelite panel ready for ECME, 1936-1955

Radio Communication

1936-1955

Carbon water filter

Public Health & Hygiene

1890-1915

Automatic DNA analyser

Biotechnology

1999

Model of plane zinc reflector used by Heinrich Hertz, 1949

Radio Communication

1949

USAAF Aircraft camera, type K20, 1940-1945

Photographic Technology

1940-1945

Vinten Model E 35mm cine camera (Biocolour camera)

Cinematography

1923-1926

Seven 1/4 scale models of apparatus used by Heinrich Hertz, 1949

Radio Communication

1949

Specimen of tube joints as used in Reed's water tu

Marine Engines

1893-1926

Galvani's voltaic pile

Therapeutics

1800-1820

Pocket watch in pinchbeck case

Time Measurement

Pocket watch in silver inner case

Time Measurement

1765-1780

Presentation model of helium mass spectrometer leak detector

Nuclear Physics

1976

Wilson expansion apparatus, a cloud chamber

Nuclear Physics

1912-1913

Wooden model of London Post Office microwave Tower aerial galleries

Telecommunications

1960-1965

Air check sampler, 1996-1999

Environmental Science & Technology

1996-1999

MONOPOLY®: Astronomy Edition

Astronomy

2001

Topometer, combined box sextant & range-finder, British, 1905-1920

Surveying

1905-1920

Erecting prism from artillary rangefinder

Optics

1930-1950

can opener by Rudman Darlington & Co. Ltd., Wednesfield, England, 1950-55.

Domestic Appliances

1950-1955

Galton's pantograph for reducing the tracings of s

Mathematics

c.1870

Pocket alarm watch in pinchbeck case

Time Measurement

1771-1800

Wooden daguerreotype developing box supported on sliding side panels, 200 x 135 x 240mm closed. Brown glass inspection window on side. Dished sheet iron bottom for mercury thermometer on front panel, bulb broken. Plate supports at approx 45 degrees, hinged door for front access. With glass spirit lamp. Box has a zinc plate holder with extracting rod for 10x12cm daguerreotype plates. It also has a zinc adaptor for 8x12cm and 7x12cm plates. The side of the box extends to from legs, providing a space for a spirit lamp.

Wooden daguerreotype developing box, c 1845

Photographic Technology

1840-1850

Indicating unit type 1657A with ion chamber by Avo

Nuclear Physics

1945-1959

Three reels for Mutoscope, by the International Mutoscope Reel Company, NYC, USA, depicting: subject no. 7715, Felix the Cat; subject no. 7132 Charlie Chaplin; third reel, woman at her dressing table. (see note).

Three Mutoscope Reels

Cinematography

Gaede type rotary mercury pump, unsigned, European, 1916-1926

Gaede type rotary mercury pump, unsigned, European

Vacuum Technology

1916-1926

Cylindrical butter cooler with evaporation trough, gauze vent and steel handle, unsigned, British (?), 1885-95.

Butter cooler, c. 1890.

Domestic Appliances

1885-1895

Beckman Quartz Spectrophotometer, ultraviolet DU model, manufactured by National Technical Laboratories, South Pasadena, California, 1941-50. Serial no. D-36383. Marked presumably as part of the Beckman Historical Collection.

Beckman Quartz Spectrophotometer, 1941-1950

Experimental Chemistry

1941-1950

7 phials of source material for electromagnetic separator, one labelled: 'Cd Cl2' (cadmium chloride), one labelled: 'W Cl6' (tungstenate chloride), one labelled: 'Cr Cl3' (chromium chloride), one labelled: 'Ag I' (silver iodine), one labelled: 'Se' (selenium metal), one labelled: 'Zn' (zinc), and one labelled: 'Sb' (antimony), unsigned, Europe, 1970-1980

Source material for electromagnetic separator in 7 phials

Nuclear Physics

1970-1980

Tube with original packing carton for 'Avlon' brand penicillin eye ointment B. P. by Imperial Chemical (Pharmaceuticals) Limited, Wilmslow, Cheshire, England, 1958.

Tube of 'Avalon' brand penicillin in carton

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1958

Roll of zinc and caoutchouc plaster on spool, labelled 'Danzig Garnisonlazarett', 1914-1918

Roll of zinc and caoutchouc plaster

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1914-1918

Pair of pocket field binoculars, 'Trieder Binocle' model, x3 power, in velvet lined leather case, by C. P. Goerz, Berlin, Germany, 1910-1926. Supplied by W. Gregory, 51 The Strand, London. Fitted with dual lens focus and side slide intra-ocular adjustment .

Pair of field binoculars with case

Optics

1910-1926

Fascia dash board from 1937 Hillman Minx, 1937-1938

Fascia dash board from 1937 Hillman Minx, 1937-193

Plastics and Modern Materials

1937-1938

Wall mounted spice cabinet, with nine drawers, unsigned, British, 1875-85.

Wall mounted spice cabinet, Britain, 1875-85

Domestic Appliances

1875-1885

Copy of glass disc and shutter used by Muybridge in his Zoopraxiscope. Copy was produced by Science Museum Workshop in 1938.

Copy of glass disc and shutter used in Zoopraxiscope

Cinematography

1938

Roll of zinc and caoutchouc plaster on spool, labelled 'Berlin Sanitats depot d.Gardekorps', 1914-1918

Roll of zinc and caoutchouc plaster

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1914-1918

Properties of Carbon Dioxide Instrument, original apparatus used by Thomas Andrews, 1863-1876. Apparatus made by J. A. Cumine, 57 Arthur Street, Belfast.

Properties of Carbon Dioxide Gas Apparatus, 1863

Heat

1863

Graduated zinc particles contained in a glass jar with round base and glass stopper.

Experimental chemical; Graduated Zinc

Scientific Instruments & Research

'Sesa' combination padlock by Abus, German, 1970

Locks & Fastenings

1970

Roll of zinc and caoutchouc plaster on spool, labelled 'Danzig Garnisonlazarett', 1914-1918

Roll of zinc and caoutchouc plaster

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1914-1918

Eighteenth century Dutch mahogany double-stick contra-barometer, signed A. Rebalio, Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands, 1701-1800

Double-stick contra-barometer, by A. Rebalio, Rotterdam, 1701-1800

Meteorology

1701-1800

Richard Howson long range barometer by Negretti and Zambra, London, 1861 (see note)

Richard Howson long range barometer, 1861

Meteorology

1861

Sectioned 'Cenco-Hyvac' model two stage rotary oil vacuum pump, made by Central Scientific Co., Chicago, United States, 1921-1926. Supplied by W. Edwards & Co., Rochdale Road, London, England in 1926.

Sectioned Cenco-Hyvac two stage rotary oil pump

Vacuum Technology

1921-1926

Roll of zinc and caoutchouc plaster on spool, labelled 'Berlin Sanitats depot d.Gardekorps', 1914-1918

Roll of zinc and caoutchouc plaster

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1914-1918

Sympiesometer, by Mrs Janet Taylor, 104 Minories, London, England, 1845-1875

Sympiesometer, by Mrs Janet Taylor, London, 1845-1875

Meteorology

1845-1875

Glass jar with cork stopper containing zinc shavings.

Experimental chemical; Zinc Shavings

Scientific Instruments & Research

Adie patent sympiesometer, Serial No. 1393, by Adie & Son, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1835-1857

Adie patent sympiesometer, Serial No. 1393

Meteorology

1835-1857

Portable electrical pyrometer indicator by The Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company Limited, Cambridge, England, 1910-1914. Fitted with four metres of leads, temperature range 600-1500°C, serial no. 17984.

Electrical Pyrometer (Temperature Indicator), 1910-1914

Heat

1910-1914