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Bo-Bo No 1

Bo-Bo No 1

1902
Sectioned Metspec MET 20 Radiation Shield

Sectioned Metspec MET 20 Radiation Shield

2010
CS215 temperature and relative humidity sensor

CS215 temperature and relative humidity sensor

2010
British Railways diesel electric locomotive AIA-AIA Class 31, No D5500 (31018), 1957

British Railways diesel electric locomotive AIA-AIA Class 31, No D5500 (31018), 1957

1957
steam turbine

steam turbine

1956
Water turbine and generator

Water turbine and generator

1894
Locomotive worksplate

Locomotive worksplate

1865-1883
Running shoe with Laser Sintered heel

Running shoe with Laser Sintered heel

circa 2013
Brush Turbo-Alternator Model

Brush Turbo-Alternator Model

1960-1980
Arora Electric Room Heater

Arora Electric Room Heater

1922-1926
Glass tube with half-sphere on one end

Glass tube with half-sphere on one end

1970-1980
Daily Herald Photograph: Sounding bells

Daily Herald Photograph: Sounding bells

1937-02-22
Samples of steam turbine blades by Brush

Samples of steam turbine blades by Brush

Daily Herald Photograph: Recasting bells

Daily Herald Photograph: Recasting bells

1937-03-22
Glass tube with half-sphere on one end with a clamp attached

Glass tube with half-sphere on one end with a clamp attached

1970-1980
Glass tube with another flexible tube attached to one end

Glass tube with another flexible tube attached to one end

1970-1980
Daily Herald Photograph: Looking down on the bells for Michigan University and Buckfast Abbey.

Daily Herald Photograph: Looking down on the bells for Michigan University and Buckfast Abbey.

1936-03-30
Daily Herald Photograph: Packing talcum powder

Daily Herald Photograph: Packing talcum powder

1931-12-8
Daily Herald Photograph: Bells lined up ready to be shipped to the U.S.A.

Daily Herald Photograph: Bells lined up ready to be shipped to the U.S.A.

1936-03-30
Hydrogen fuel cell

Hydrogen fuel cell

2014
Locomotive Worksplate, "The Brush Electrical Builders, Loughborough Engineering Company Ltd", cast brass, oval. [Not sure which locomotive]

Brush Electrical Builders worksplate

Glass bottle with metal lid of 12.5 mg 'Durophet' (amphetamine and dexamphetamine) capsules. 62 mm x 32 mm diameter, 42 g. Durophet was used as an appetite depressant. Produced by Riker Laboratories, English, 1960-1970

Glass bottle of Durophet capsules

1960-1970
De Havilland D.H.89 Dragon Rapide Aircraft, registration G-ALXT, serial no. 6736. Built by Brush Coachworks Ltd, Loughborough, May 1944. Height 10' 4"; width 48'; length 34' 6".

De Havilland DH89 Dragon Rapide Aircraft

1944
Helium Neon Laser. Supplied by Griffin and George, Loughborough. Serial No. AV1673/751, Cat. No. XFV-540-010V. Used for Educational purposes

Helium Neon Laser. Supplied by Griffin and George

Small brown glass, circle based bottle with metal screw cap and paper label, containing Durophet capsules. Indicated as an appetite depressant (suppressant) in the treatment of obesity. The capsules contain the active ingredients amphetamine and Dexamphetamine sulphate, an anorectic drug, was used as an adjunct in the treatment of obesity. Although it doesn't increase the basal metabolism or nitrogen excretion it enables the patient to accept a restricted diet more readily. Originally 30 capsules, 3 capsules remaining. Durophet capsules are listed in The Extra Pharmacopoeia from between 1967-1989.

bottle; controlled drug; dextroamphetamine

1960-1970
Ladybird book "In The Train with Uncle Mac" by Derek McCulloch, with illustrations by W. C. Watson, published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd. of Loughborough in 1955. The "Uncle Mac" series of Ladybird books were among the first factual Ladybird Books books published.

In The Train with Uncle Mac

1955
Locomotive Worksplate, Corris Railway, "Falcon Engine & Car Works Builders Loughborough Corris Railway No.3, 323/78", red, brown, brass, oval, 0-4-0 CR saddle tank locomotive 2ft 3in gauge, rebuilt to 0-4-2 saddle tank in 1900, to Great Western Railway in1930, withdrawn October 1948, to Talyllyn Railway in March 1951 as No. 3 "Sir Hadyn".

Locomotive worksplate

1878
Westminster electromagnetic kit, as designed for the Nuffield Science Teaching Course, quarter class kit published in 1966, made by Griffin and George, Bishop Meadow Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 0RG, England, 1989.

Westminster electromagnetic kit

1989
Broken circular glass plate from Glass still, by Fisons Ltd., British, 1970-1980, two circular elements, put together to make the whole record.

circular glass plate from Glass still

1970-1980
Seven booklets on the benefits of Sanatogen, published by Genatosan Ltd, Loughborough, England, c.1930-1940.

Seven booklets on the benefits of Sanatogen

1930-1940
Magnetic stirrer made by Gallenkamp, Belton Road West, Loughborough, Leicestershire. Catalogue no.SWT.320.010N, serial no.321633, with instructions, c. 1986

Magnetic stirrer made by Gallenkamp

circa 1986
Tube of "Sebigen", with instructions, in original carton, by Genatosan Ltd., English, 1950-1970

Tube of "Sebigen"

1950-1970
Bottle of Tranquilex tablets, with instructions, in original carton, by Rexall Drug Co. Ltd., English.

Bottle of Tranquilex tablets

Two tins of Fissan Ichthammol Powder, medicated dusting powder, by Genatosan Ltd., Loughborough, 1940-1960

Two tins of Fissan Ichthammol Powder

1940-1960
One of two lengths of fish-belly cast iron rail, Loughborough.

Two Lengths of Fish-Belly Cast Iron Rail, Loughborough

Bottle of "Theodrox" tablets, by Riker Laboratories Ltd., English

Bottle of "Theodrox" tablets

Motor starting switch with no load and overload releases, magnetic blow out and grid resistance pen

Motor starting switch with no load and overload releases

circa 1905
Bottle of ephedrine hydrochloride tablets, by Genatosan Ltd., English, 1910-1920

Bottle of ephedrine hydrochloride tablets

1910-1930
Brown glass bottle with plastic cap, contains enterfram liquid made by Genatosan Ltd of Loughborough, English, 1961-1962

Brown glass bottle with plastic cap

1961-1962
Bottle of "Aluphos" by Fisons Pharmaceuticals Ltd., English

Bottle of "Aluphos" by Fisons Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

Glass still, by Fisons Ltd., British, 1970-1980

Glass still, by Fisons Ltd.

1970-1980
1 x 15g tube, in box, of Barquinol HC cream (clioquinol), by Fisons, 1978

Barquinol HC cream (clioquinol) 1 x 15g tube

1978
Bottle, inside cardboard box, contains "Acudex" liquid, antiseptic clenser, made by Genatosan Ltd of Loughborough, English 1955-1970

Bottle, inside cardboard box

1955-1970
Canister of sulphur powder, by Fissan Ltd., English

Canister of sulphur powder

One photograph of Harold Marcon preparing to tune a half-ton bell cast at the John Taylor bell foundry in Laughborough, Leicastershire. The bell will be part of a carillon of 58 bells for the American Episcopal Cathedral in Washington, D.C.

Daily Herald Photograph: Bells cast at John Taylor foundry

1961-08-01
Glass still, by Fisons Ltd., British, 1970-1980

Glass still, by Fisons Ltd., British, 1970-1980

1970-1980
2 bottles of dermatological cream no. 11, by Genatosan of Loughborough, from Savory and Moore's shop, c.1960

2 bottles of dermatological cream no. 11

1951-1970
Broken condenser tube from Glass still, by Fisons Ltd., British, 1970-1980

condenser tube from Glass still

1970-1980
Bottle of "Fissan" lotion, by Fissan Ltd., in original carton, English

Bottle of "Fissan" lotion

30 ml glass bottle in triangular cardboard box, physicians sample, of Pholtex long-acting antitussive (pholcodine tartrate and phenyltoloxamine). Bottle: 83 mm x 30 mm diameter, 77 g. Produced by Riker, English, 1970-1985.

Physicians sample of Pholtex: glass bottle with triangular cardboard box

1970-1985