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Gas canister for oxygen

Emergency Medicine

c.2000

Metal canister containing The Kodak Amateur Flashlight Outfit.

The Kodak Amateur Flashlight Outfit

Photographic Technology

1923-1936

Galvanised iron canister, for winch wire cable, for Ocean depth sounding machine, used for marine vessel navigation

Navigation

1876

Blue canister with nozzle and orange tubing, Labelled "Primus", possibly pressurized

Blue bottle with tubing, "Primus"

Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories

Steel canister, yellow painted, with two centre hinged lid sections, unsigned, Germany, 1914-1918. Used by the German army.

Steel canister, yellow painted, with two centre hinged lid sections

Therapeutics

1914-1918

Aluminium propane cylinder, one of five, by Worthington Industries, Columbus, Franklin county, Ohio, United States, 1974. From high altitude, pressurized hot-air balloon ‘Daffodil II’ cabin: with the overall design specification by Julian Nott, England; cabin shell structure designed by Roger Munk at Aerospace Developments, London, England, and Tony Offredi, England; and constructed by Maidboats Limited, Thames Ditton, Surrey, England, 1973. On 25th February 1974, Julian Nott and Felix Pole used ‘Daffodil II’, to break the world hot-air balloon altitude record. They reached a height of 13,961 metres near Lake Bhopal, central India.

Propane cylinder, for hot-air balloon ‘Daffodil II’ cabin: 1974 world altitude record holder

Aeronautics

1974

Aluminium canister of hyoscyamine extract. English, 1963-1979

Canister of hyoscyamine extract

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Tin cylindrical canister, with attached hinged lid and carrying handle, for Ocean depth sounding machine, used for marine vessel navigation, patented by Sir William Baron Kelvin Thomson, British, 1876 and made by James White, Glasgow, Scotland, 1876

Tin cylindrical canister, with attached hinged lid and carrying handle, for Ocean depth sounding machine, used for marine vessel navigation

Navigation

1876

Metal canister, North Eastern Railway, cylindrical canister with hinged lid. NER embossed on top. Dimensions: 10"x8" diam.

Metal canister, North Eastern Railway

Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories

Box-wood screw top canister, for containing glass phial, corked, that contains white gelatin atropine and cocaine discs, by Savory and Moore Ltd, London, England, 1925-1940

Box-wood screw top canister, for phial containing cocaine and atropine discs

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1925-1940

Sugar canister for Drew & Sons "En Route" Tea Basket, c1890. Overall: 63 mm x 65 mm x 57 mm.

Sugar canister for lunch basket

Passenger Comforts

1890-1910

Plastic canister, for glass phial of Chlorodyne (morphine tincture and chloroform), by Burroughs Wellcome and Company Ltd., Snow Hill Buildings, City of London, London, England, 1900-1925

Plastic canister, for containng glass phial of Chlorodyne in plastic canister

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1925

Leather canister, leather cylindrical canister with hinged lid and leather handle. Metal clasp, 44 painted on in yellow. Dimensions: 10 1/2"x7 1/4"

Leather canister

Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories

Oil canister, white metal, for Drew & Sons "En Route" Tea Basket, c1890. Overall: 60 mm x 90 mm.

White metal oIl canister, En Route lunch basket

Passenger Comforts

1890-1910

Auguste Lumiere metal film container for Lumiere manufactured film, 1896-1900.

Container for Lumiere Manufactured Film

Cinematography

1896-1900