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Gaede molecular vacuum pump

Gaede molecular vacuum pump

1910-1914
'Smith-Clarke Senior' adult cabinet 'Iron Lung'

'Smith-Clarke Senior' adult cabinet 'Iron Lung'

1953
Flow inducer blood-heparin pump

Flow inducer blood-heparin pump

1970
Mercury diffusion pump

Mercury diffusion pump

1960-1969
Sectioned Cenco-Hyvac two stage rotary oil pump

Sectioned Cenco-Hyvac two stage rotary oil pump

1921-1926
Stirrup pump used for fire fighting in the Second World War

Stirrup pump used for fire fighting in the Second World War

1939-1945
Gaede type rotary mercury pump

Gaede type rotary mercury pump

1916-1926
Fleuss vacuum pump (two cylinders)

Fleuss vacuum pump (two cylinders)

1900-1910
Gaede single stage all-metal pump with accessories

Gaede single stage all-metal pump with accessories

1923-1928
Mercurial air pump

Mercurial air pump

unknown date
Bunsen filter pump mounted on board and fitted with mercury gauge

Bunsen filter pump mounted on board and fitted with mercury gauge

1918-1928
Stirrup pump (sectioned 1966)

Stirrup pump (sectioned 1966)

Aircraft submerged main fuel tank pump

Aircraft submerged main fuel tank pump

1940-1945
Demonstration pump

Demonstration pump

1800-1850
pump

pump

1800-1850
Single barrel air pump

Single barrel air pump

1871-1900
Gaede steel slit diffusion pump

Gaede steel slit diffusion pump

1920-1927
Gear type rotary vacuum pump

Gear type rotary vacuum pump

1918-1923
Open type liquid air vapour trap and vacuum pump mechanism display

Open type liquid air vapour trap and vacuum pump mechanism display

1915-1925
Vacuum pump by Pfeiffer

Vacuum pump by Pfeiffer

1932
Air pump for Brewer-type ozonesonde, 1963-1965

Air pump for Brewer-type ozonesonde, 1963-1965

1963-1965
Modern glass filter pump

Modern glass filter pump

1925-1935
Cosmos 'Bottle' type vacuum pump

Cosmos 'Bottle' type vacuum pump

1917-1921
Steel diffusion air pump

Steel diffusion air pump

1915-1925
Tyre pump from Kimberley-Daimler, 1942-64 pt.1

Tyre pump from Kimberley-Daimler, 1942-64 pt.1

1901
Oil Free Rotary Vacuum Pump/Air Compressor made by Lacy-Hulbert Division of C.S. Maden & Co. Ltd.

Oil Free Rotary Vacuum Pump/Air Compressor made by Lacy-Hulbert Division of C.S. Maden & Co. Ltd.

Blood Administration Set & Pressure Pump

Blood Administration Set & Pressure Pump

1900-1980
Water circulator, or 'hydrokineter', on wood base, designed to promote circulation in boilers so steam can be raised without straining machinery, by G and J Weir, G. & J. Weir and Co Ltd, Cathcart, Glasgow, Scotland, 1890

Model of a 'Hydrokineter' or water circulator

1890
Sectioned manually operated two-cylinder double-acting diving pump used to supply air to one or two divers depending on depth, by Siebe Gorman and Co. Ltd, United Kingdom, late nineteenth or early twentieth century

Two-cylinder double-acting Diver's air pump

1830-1930
Sprengel's mercury pump, with funnel and mercury trough

Sprengel's mercury pump

V2 Turbopump, German, 1944. The V2 motor was the first large rocket engine to use a turbopump. The pump moved almost 9,000kg of alcohol (fuel) and liquid oxygen (oxidizer) – together these make up the propellant used in the V2 – from the tanks to the combustion chamber during the burning time which lasted 50 seconds. Turbine wheels in the centre of the pump powered the impellers for the propellant. An impeller is the rotating component which increased the pressure, keeping the fuel flowing into the combustion chamber.

V2 Turbopump

1944
Old Wooden Pump (18th century type)

Old Wooden Pump (18th century type)

Copy of Otto von Guericke's air pump, by Elkington and Company, Birmingham, England, 1876. The original was made for South Kensington Museum exhibited in the Loan Collection of Scientific Apparatus, 1876.

Copy of Otto von Guericke's air pump

1876
Complete educational high vacuum pumping equipment, model 2SC20A, Serial No. 11579, two stagerotary pump fitted with Solenoid Air Admittance valve, by Edwards High Vacuum Ltd, Manor Royal, Crawley, Sussex, England, 1955-1968.

Complete educational high vacuum pumping equipment

1955-1968
Glass Gaede mercury diffusion pump, (3 pieces), unsigned, European, 1915-1925

Glass Gaede mercury diffusion pump

1915-1925
Rotary mercury vacuum pump, designed by Alan Archibald Campbell Swinton, London, England, 1890-1916.

Campbell Swinton's rotary mercury vacuum pump

1890-1916
Two flow inducer blood-heparin pumps for use with dialysis machine, Type MHRE88H, by Watson-Marlow Limited, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England, 1970

Two flow inducer blood-heparin pumps for use with dialysis machine

1970
Flow inducer blood-heparin pump, one of two, for use with dialysis machine, Type MHRE88H, by Watson-Marlow Limited, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England, 1970

Flow inducer blood-heparin pump

1970
Geissler filter pump, by Baird and Tatlock (London) Limited, London, England 1917-1927

Geissler filter pump

1917-1927
Langmuir type metal vacuum pump part sectioned, unsigned, American, 1915-1925

Langmuir type metal vacuum pump part sectioned

1915-1925
Vacuum pump, single cylinder, two-stage, on mahogany stand, by Nairne & Blunt, London, 1800. Lower part of cylinder is sectioned.

Vacuum pump on mahogany stand

1800
Four vacuum pumps, sectioned for display:- (1) Rotary vacuum pump, (2) Turbo molecular vacuum pump, (3) Oil diffusion vacuum pump, (4) Sputter Ion Pump, made by Edward High Vacuum International, Crawley, West Sussex, England, 1981-1991.

Four vacuum pumps

1981-1991
Toepler pump

Toepler pump

Single stage vacuum pump by Burckhardt Engineering Works, Basle, Switzerland, 1951

Single stage vacuum pump by Burckhardt Engineering Works

1951
Single barrel air pump, crank operated, late 19th century

Single barrel air pump

1850-1900
Gaede type rotary oil pump, by W. Edwards & Co., London, England, 1916-1926

Gaede type rotary oil pump

1916-1926
Belt-driven rotary creamery pump, by R.A. Lister and Co., Gloucestershire, England, 1890-1894

Lister's belt-driven rotary creamery pump

1890-1894
Double barrel air pump by J. Cuthbertson, London, England, 1818. One barrel (cylinder) has been sectioned.

Double barrel air pump by J. Cuthbertson

1818
Double action air pump with vacuum gauge (c. 1750), by G.ADAMS LONDON, with apparatus in mahogany case to demonstrate the laws of pneumatics including the following experiments: Magdeburg hemisphere; Guinea and featherweight lifter (with index dial); Shower of mercury; Bell and water pump in vacuo; Bladder glass, etc.

Double action air pump with vacuum gauge (c. 1750)

1750
Single barrel air pump, and steel spanner, unsigned, British, 1801-1900 (see note)

Single barrel air pump

1801-1900