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Mobius Strip Linear Motor

1974

Honorary doctorate of Imperial College, London, awarded to Stephen Hawking

2017
Track section for 'Magnetic river' demonstration, a linear electric motor combining levitation and propulsion, devised by Professor Eric Laithwaite and built c.1970

Track section for 'Magnetic river' demonstration

1968-1972
33 specimens illustrating the relationship between colour and constitution in organic substances, 1900-1913. The series was curated between 1911 and 1913 for a display at the Science Museum, London, to demonstrate how chemical structure could be manipulated to produce dyes of a different colour. Most of these specimens were prepared by Frances Micklethwait and Gilbert Thomas Morgan at Imperial College London (Royal College of Sciences), between 1904 and 1913.

33 specimens illustrating the relationship between colour and constitution in organic substances

1900-1913
'Magnetic river' demonstration, a linear electric motor combining levitation and propulsion, comprising two sections of track with support frames, four capacitor banks, and a vehicle, devised by Professor Eric Laithwaite and built c.1970

'Magnetic river' demonstration

1968-1972
Capacitor for 'Magnetic river' demonstration, a linear electric motor combining levitation and propulsion, devised by Professor Eric Laithwaite and built c.1970.

Capacitor for 'Magnetic river' demonstration

1968-1972
Capacitor for 'Magnetic river' demonstration, a linear electric motor combining levitation and propulsion, devised by Professor Eric Laithwaite and built c.1970.

Capacitor for 'Magnetic river' demonstration

1968-1972
Track section for 'Magnetic river' demonstration, a linear electric motor combining levitation and propulsion, devised by Professor Eric Laithwaite and built c.1970

Track section for 'Magnetic river' demonstration

1968-1972
Beige top model for 'Magnetic river' demonstration, a linear electric motor combining levitation and propulsion, devised by Professor Eric Laithwaite and built c.1970.

Beige top model for 'Magnetic river' demonstration

1968-1972
Green top model for 'Magnetic river' demonstration, a linear electric motor combining levitation and propulsion, devised by Professor Eric Laithwaite and built c.1970.

Green top model for 'Magnetic river' demonstration

1968-1972
Robotic arm and control panel made by International Dynamics at Imperial College in 1986 and uses harmonic gearboxes as part of mechanism

Robotic arm and control panel

1986