A fabric printing block with a heart-shaped design topped with a crown. Fabric Printing Block Textile Industry 1880-1920
Twelve specimens of prepared staples of cottons, mounted on cardboard within a wooden and glass case. Prepared Staples of Cotton Textiles Machinery 1900-1914
A fabric printing block with an eleborate heart-shaped design. Fabric Printing Block Textile Industry 1880-1920
Trade mark stamp with a moorish window design, made by Shaw & Latham for George Booth & Company. Fabric Printing Block Textile Industry 1880-1930
Elmo 8-mm cine projector, made by Ilford, c. 1975. With case. Elmo 8-mm cine projector Cinematography c. 1975
Main bench unit of 70-70F mass spectrometer, made by VG Micromass, Winsford, 1974. Main bench unit of 70-70F mass Scientific Instruments & Research 1974
Sound mixer, made by Audio Developments and used in the edit suite for the production of 'North West Tonight' at BBC Manchester. BBC Sound mixer Television
35-mm toy cine projector, made by Gebruder Bing, c.1912. 35-mm toy cine projector Cinematography 1912
Neale's acoustic dial (a type of Morse sounder), used by the General Post Office. Neale's acoustic dial Telecommunications c.1900
Fabric printing block, with the surface image of four sacks containing cotton or other items, and the inscription: "PZ full weight and quality; registered trade mark no. 605107." Printing Block Textile Industry 1880-1930
Wooden magazine case with inner reel, for Wrench-Darling cinematograph made in 1897-8. Magazine for Wrench-Darling Cinematograph Cinematography 1898
Wooden magazine case with inner reel, for Wrench-Darling cinematograph made in 1897-8. Magazine for Wrench-Darling Cinematograph Cinematography 1898
Four laser-etched print rollers, with floral patterns. Textile Print Rollers Textile Industry 1999-2000
Hand powered cottage saw gin, model made by H. E. I. and Company (original made by W. Jamieson), Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside, Manchester, England. Hand powered cottage saw gin, model made by H. E. Textiles Machinery
Rabbit analogue mobile phone and private base station, made by Hutchison Telecom, c. 1993. Rabbit analogue mobile phone Telecommunications c.1993
Slit vessel assembly from Beamline 2.3 of the Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Daresbury, Cheshire, in use from 1993 to 2008. Slit vessel assembly Scientific Instruments & Research
Half-plate bellows tailboard camera, together with interchangeable stereoscopic and single-lens panels made by W. I. Chadwick, c.1870. With one plate holder. Half-plate bellows tailboard camera Photographic Technology c.1870
Large cast iron cam, 1839-1887. Probably acted as a cam for raising then dropping an arm, possibly as part of a tilt or drop hammer. From 2009 archaeological excavations of the former Peel, Williams & Peel Co. Soho Foundry on Pollard Street, Ancoats, Manchester, which were carried out in advance of an extension of the Manchester Metrolink network. Large cast iron cam from Pollard Street archaeological excavations of Peel, Williams & Peel Co. Soho foundry Motive Power 1839-1887
Analogue mobile telephone, made by Cleartone Telecoms Ltd, Japan, c. 1991. Analogue mobile telephone Telecommunications c.1991
Twelve specimens of prepared staples of cottons, mounted on cardboard within a wooden and glass case. Prepares Staples of Cotton Textiles Machinery 1900-1914
Wooden magazine case with inner reel, for Wrench-Darling cinematograph made in 1897-8. Magazine for Wrench-Darling Cinematograph Cinematography 1898
Blackburn's yarn balance in case with weights, made by John Nesbitt Ltd. Blackburn's Yarn Balance Textile Industry 1920-1925
Yarn scale for weighing yarn hanks, made by Goodbrand & Co. Ltd. 'Knowles patent yarn balance'. Used by Bluche Textiles Ltd from 1929 to 1946 and their successors Leaver and Sons Ltd 1947 to 1967 at 17 St Ann's Square, Manchester. Yarn scale for weighing yarn hanks Textile Industry
Miner's helmet, pressed fibre, Old Boston Training Centre. Duplicates object Y2002.21/T5. Miner's helmet Handling Collection
Fujitsu Siemens Scenic eD PIII PC, with accompanying monitor, keyboard, and mouse. Computer Computing & Data Processing 2000
A Wrench-Darling Cinematograph, a combined camera, printer and projector, made in 1897-8. Wrench-Darling Cinematograph, combined camera, printer and projector Cinematography 1898
Calorimeter used by James Joule for the more accurate determination of the mechanical equivalent of heat, c.1860. Calorimeter used by James Joule Scientific Instruments & Research
Binocular compound microscope by J.B. Dancer. Compound Microscope Scientific Instruments & Research 1860-1865
Wooden magazine case with inner reel, for Wrench-Darling cinematograph made in 1897-8. Magazine for Wrench-Darling Cinematograph Cinematography 1898
Microwave transmission equipment, made by by Standard Telephone & Cables Ltd, 1952, and used for sending television programmes from Windy Hill, near Manchester, to Kirk O'Shotts, near Edinburgh. Microwave transmission equipment Television 1952
Microwave transmission equipment, made by by Standard Telephone & Cables Ltd, 1952, and used for sending television programmes from Windy Hill, near Manchester, to Kirk O'Shotts, near Edinburgh. Microwave transmission equipment Television 1952
