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Piece of secorated timber beam 14/15th century from Street House

English Iron Steelyard

Inscribed thin section of wide flange beam rolled from continuously cast beam blanks at Algoma Steel Co. Ltd.

Beam with strain gauge encapsulated

Hoist for lifting between couch and desk area

2014-2016

Hewlett Packard caesium beam tube type 05061-6077

Transverse Slice from Universal Beam

1970

Equal-arm balances

1800-1899

Section of carbon fibre reinforced polyethyl sulphone beam

Three tapering 'T' section beams with brackets at one end

Three tapering 'T' section beams with brackets at one end

built-up timber beam, with hardwood stiffening struts, 32ft (9.7m) O/A, from "The Dome" Hotham Crescent, Bognor Regis, 1787, and section from a second beam

built-up timber beam

English Iron Steelyard, dated 1775, heavy capacity, 3 ft. beam, double fulcrum suspension with vertical indicators, 0 to 105lb. Av. on one face, 105 to 420 lb. Av. on other face. George III stamped and dated officially at the Guildhall, London

English Iron Steelyard

Two 'T' section beams with a bracket mounted clamp at one end

Two 'T' section beams with a bracket mounted clamp at one end

Brass beam pivoted on brass piller and foot, for demonstration in mechanics, believed to have been supplied by W. & S. Jones in 1828 for #3-10-0

Brass beam pivoted on brass piller and foot

1828

Brass beam pivoted on brass piller and foot, for demonstrations in mechanics, believed to have been supplied by W. & S. Jones in 1828 for #4-4-0

Brass beam pivoted on brass piller and foot

1828

Pre-cast reinforced concrete beam for composite (in-situ concrete slab) beam and slab floor

Pre-Cast Reinforced Concrete Beam

Length of universal beam, 260 lbs/ft, section 36" x 16.5"

Length of universal beam

Cast iron beam, approx. 18 ft long with wrought iron tie rod, threaded with two square nuts, to tension flange of inverted T section c1830, from the forecourt basement of Decimus Burton's Carlton House Terrace

Cast iron beam

Beam forming cill of weigh frame

Beam forming cill of weigh frame

Beam with gudgeon stool, links (complete) and loop for plug rod and air pump rod. The pin for the piston rod cap is not fitted

Beam with gudgeon stool

Beam to support guide frames item 7 & 8

Beam to support guide frames item 7 & 8

Cylinder beam rear

Cylinder beam rear

Bottom beam, rear (nearest towards pit).

Bottom beam, rear (nearest towards pit)

Bottom beam, front of engine furthest away from pit.

Bottom Beam

Timber from oak beam in the New Fresh Wharf excavated in 1974/5 at a site west of Billingsgate fish market. This wood has been dated to the 2nd century A.D. by dendrochronology

Timber from oak beam in the New Fresh Wharf

Pascal's vases apparatus comprising balance beam on base, with (1) straight cylindrical glass vase, (2) conical glass vase, (3) inverted conical glass vase, and (4) curved cylindrical glass vase

Pascal's vases apparatus comprising balance beam on base

1900-1980

Pre-cast reinforced concrete beam for composite (in-situ concrete slab) beam and slab floor

Pre-Cast Reinforced Concrete Beam

Cylinder beam, front

Cylinder beam, front

Rolled wrought iron beam, marked Butterley Derbyshire Patent (12" x 6" nominal Butterley bulb), form Granary Warehouse, St Pancras Road

Rolled wrought iron beam

Metal Beam for Julius Totalisator, manufactured by Drake & Gorham Limited, in around 1933

Metal Beam for Julius Totalisator

c. 1933