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Tasimeter, improved form

1878

Kay Sona-Graph 6061A speech spectrum analyzer, c. 1970

1970

Holophane Lumeter

'My Country Tis of Thee' phonograph cylinder

Victor four valve mains/battery operated super-heterodyne radio by the Radio Corporation of America

circa 1963

Edison's Original Micro-Tasimeter, 1878

1878

Information document 'System for Thalidomide Education and Prescribing Safety'

1999

Cine-Kodak Special II Camera

1933-1934

Measurement Kodascope Projector

Breathalyzer, model 900

1963-1964

Aneroid altimeter by Wallace & Tiernan Products Inc

1940

Weston Cine exposure meter

Circular slide rule for surveying calculations: "Cox's stadia computer"

Slide rule for voltage and power in decibels with single slider

1953

Fermentation flask model 10 F-05

1980-1989

Very early Edison carbon filament lamp.

1879

Kodak Business Kodascope Projector

Booklet: The World's Largest Pipe Organ

circa 1950
Child's chain stitch Singer model 20 sewing machine first introduced in 1910.

Child's chain stitch Singer model 20 sewing machine first in

1910-1950
Bottle of "Nephritin" tablets, by Reed and Carnrick, USA

Bottle of "Nephritin" tablets

A black and white photograph entitled 'Mental Institution, New Jersey, 1924', taken by Lewis Hine. From the Impressions Gallery exhibition, 'The Mind', 1988.

Mental Institution, New Jersey, 1924

1924
Single-phase portable a.c. and d.c. wattmeter, model 310 form 2 serial no.5622, by the Weston Electrical Instrument Corp., N.J., U.S.A., calibration certificate dated 1926

Single-phase portable a.c. and d.c. wattmeter

1926
Bottle of pineal compound tablets made by G.W. Carnrick Co., USA.

Bottle of pineal compound tablets made by G.W. Carnrick Co

Colour print by Tim Simmons part of series for Virgin Atlantic Calendar, New Jersey, USA, 1986

Part of series for Virgin Atlantic Calendar

1986
No. 1A Pocket Kodak Junior camera, 1929-1931. N. 5299. self erecting folding camera for 116 rollfilm. Achromatic lens, rotating plate with four apertures 1-4. Kodak No 1 shutter T/I. Brilliant reflecting finder, black body and bellows. Overall (deployed): 206 mm x 95 mm x 160 mm.

No 1A pocket Kodak Junior camera

1929-1931
Smell Identification Test booklet, part of the kit used in the COVID-19 Human Challenge programme by Imperial College London, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), hVIVO, and the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, 2020-2021

Smell Identification Test booklet

2020-2021
Hyatt 1935 type roller bearing split shafting box, for a 2" diameter shaft, no.1458

Hyatt 1935 type roller bearing split shafting box

1935
A "Pony-Premo" camera by Eastman Kodak for 5x4 plates or cut-film, c. 1910

A "Pony-Premo" camera by Eastman Kodak for 5x4 plates or cut-film

1910
Premo No.9 bellows folding camera for 5x4" plates. Made by Eastman Kodak. Double extension bellows; Rack and pinion rising front, sliding cross front. Kodak Anastigmat 170mm f7.7 No.76066; Kodak ballbearing shutter 25,50,100 B.T. In case with 4 wooden double dark slides and film pack adaptor.

Premo No 9 Folding Bellows camera

Box containing 100 B-D `Soloshot' Syringes, made to autodestruct after single use, carrying box converts to sharps box to prevent the spread of AIDS, approved by UNICEF and the World Health Organisation for the use in the Expanded Programme on Immunisation. Manufactured by Becton Dickinson & Co, New Jersey, USA and supplied by the UNICEF Supply Division, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1994

B-D `Soloshot' Syringes

No. 4A Folding Kodak Model C camera, by Eastman Kodak. Folding rollfilm camera 126 film. Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar Nr. 150274. F:21cm, f.6.3-45. In compound shutter 1/2/5/10/25/50/100/T/B. Screw rising front sliding cross front. Sliding rack focussing. Brill

No. 4A Folding Kodak Model C camera

1909-1912
Wax Cylinder DIctating Machine, manufactured by Thomas A. Edison Inc of New Jersey, United States of America. Black cabinet type machine. The lid on the front with the company logo printed opens from top. Drawer on the bottom.

Wax Cylinder DIctating Machine

1920
Harris-Intertype 1100 editing and proofing terminal. It efficiently edits, proofreads and corrects text prior to typesetting, 1973

Harris 1100 Editing Terminal, 1973

1973
No. 3 Folding Pocket Kodak camera, model C2. For 118 rollfilm 3 1/5 x 4 1/4 inches. Fitted with rapid rectilinear lens, sliding plate with three apertures, rotary built in shutter, T/I, separate releases, rotating brilliant reflecting finder, with hood, sliding focus, - 6. No 72142, 1900-1903. Bone plaque reads: 'Myn Guy De Copal & Co, Amsterdam and Arnheim'. Overall (deployed): 205 mm x 115 mm x 152 mm.

No. 3 Folding Pocket Kodak camera, Model C2

1900-1903
Kodak Instamatic 174 camera. Overall: 70 mm x 108 mm x 52 mm.

Kodak Instamatic 174 camera

Kodak Instamatic X-35 camera. With Kodar lens. Overall: 67 mm x 115 mm x 60 mm.

Kodak Instamatic X-35 camera

1970
Kodak Pocket Instamatic 60 camera, No. 453007. Overall: 27 mm x 45 mm x 58 mm.

Kodak Pocket Instamatic 60 camera

1972
Kodak EK10 instant camera. Overall: 140 mm x 180 mm x 140 mm.

Kodak EK10 instant camera

1977
Kodak Ektron electronic flash model A. Electronic flash unti for Kodak pocket cameras with flipflash socket. Powered by 2 AA cell batteries.

Kodak Ektron electronic flash model A

1978
Kodak EK160 instant camera. Black with red lettering on front and multi-coloured strap. Overall: 170 mm x 140 mm x 110 mm. A solid-bodied camera for instant photographs on PR10 instant print film packs, fitted with an f12.8, 100mm fixed-focus lens and an electronic shutter - 2secs to 1/300sec. This was the European-sold version of the Kodak Colorburst 50 Instant camera.

Kodak EK160 instant camera

1979
Kodak Instamatic 414 camera. With Kodar lens. Overall: 80 mm x 116 mm x 60 mm.

Kodak instamatic 414 camera

1968
No. 2 Folding cartridge Hawkeye camera Model C in original carton (see 1990-5036/1103/1) 1931. Rollfilm 120 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches. With meniscus type achromatic lens, iris diaphragms under the numbers 1-3. Shutter on three point bayonet mount. Sliding focusing with preset stops. Reflecting rotating view finder on base board. Eastman Kodak Company. Red leatherette. No. 280841. Overall (deployed): 165 mm x 87 mm x 128 mm.

Kodak No 2 Folding Cartridge Hawkeye camera, Model C

1931
Keystone Press Agency photograph titled 'Vivien Leigh's husband seeks divorce'. Caption on back reads: One of the cases to be heard in Hilary Term which opens next Tuesday is the petition of Mr. Herbert Leigh Holman, who is seeking a divorce from Miss Vivien Leigh, the English stage and film actress who played Scarlett O'Hara in the Hollywood production of "Gone With the Wind". The suit is in the undefended list. O.P.S. Picture just received of Vivien Leigh arriving at Newark, N.J. with Laurence Olivier, who is cited as co-respondent. When this picture was taken Miss Leigh announced her betrothal to Laurence Olivier.

Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh arrive in Newark

06 January 1940
Bromide print, monochrome, Robert Oppenheimer 1956, by Yousuf Karsh

Bromide print

1956
BD FACScan flow cytometry analyser, used to sort cells by labelling them with up to three different fluorescent dyes detected by a single laser, made by Becton Dickinson and Company, New Jersey, United States, 1991. During the 1990s the FACScan was the industry-standard commercial cell analyser in research and clinical settings. This machine was used at MRC Mill Hill Laboratory within immunology, virology, and parasitology research and by yeast geneticists.

BD FACScan flow cytometry analyser

1991
Baby Brownie Special camera,1939-1954. Moulded plastic box camera for 127 film 1 5/8 x 2 1/2". Fitted with a meniscus lens, fixed aperture and focus, with instantaneous shutter. With direct optical vision finder and braided handle. Overall: 75 mm x 90 mm x 72 mm.

Baby Brownie Special camera

1939-1954
No. 3 Pocket Kodak special camera, 1926-27. Folding camera for 18 rollfilm 3 1/4 x 4 1/4" pictures. Kodak anastigmat lens F: 127mm. f. 6.3 - 45. No. 691. Kodamatic shutter 2/5/10/25/50/100/200/B/T. SImple exposure calculator as part of the iris adjustment. Screw rising front. Lever operated focussing over scale 10'100-6'. Rotating reflecting brilliant finder. Autographic/ Black grained yellow body with black bellows. No. 2818. M4870

No 3 Pocket Kodak Special Autographic camera

1926-1927
1A Autographic Folding Pocket Kodak camera, for A116 rollfilm 2 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches. Rapid rectilinear lens, Bausch & Lomb U.S. 4 - 128, ball bearing shutter, 25/50/100/B/T. Sliding focusing with preset stops 100 - 6 feet. Brilliant rotating reflecting finder, 1021 or 1821. 1914-1916. Overall (deployed): 215 mm x 100 mm x 186 mm.

1A Autographic folding pocket Kodak camera

1914-1916
Kodak Portrait attachment No.4, approx 1 dioptre, 16mm diam. lens in mount for Nos 2 and 3 Bullseye, No.2 Flexo and No.3 Brownie cameras. Eastman Kodak Company

Kodak Portrait attachment No.4

Box for Adaptic bonding agent and accessories, by Johnson and Johnson, 20 Lake Drive, East Windsor, New Jersey, United States, 1973-1978.

Box for Adaptic bonding agent and accessories

1973-1978