Image
Category
Collection
Maker
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Original Gyro compass

1916

Medicine chest, c 1800.

1780-1820

Precision hair hygrometer by F. Darton and Co. Ltd.

1946

The Isle of Wight

1930

stegness is so bracing

1926

The Garden Isle

1939

"Sub Sig" echo sounder type 301/642 recorder

1954-1963

British grass pollen

1956

Paget Printing Paper

1910-1930

"For holidays i always go Southern 'cos it's the Sunshine Line!"

1920-1930

3 film badges

circa 1960

Copper foil with etched perforations at 20

1942-1943

O-VEE Screw thread comparator

Sounds, uterine, 3

1981

Portrait albumen print photograph of Woodcroft Bennt FRS

1868-1869

Daily Herald Photograph: Building Research Station, robot

1933-03

Daily Herald Photograph: Building Research Station, weathering test

1935-01-25

Daily Herald Photograph: Building Research Station, concrete specimens

1933-01-12

Bearing repeater no.1632

1945-1951

Gyro wheel

1914-1948

The original Gyroscopic compass

1914-1915

Whitby

1933

Balance made by Eta Instruments Ltd.

1947-1950

Daily Herald Photograph: Building Research Station, light levels

1933-01-12

Daily Herald Photograph: Building Research Station, brickwork

1935-01-25

Doppler transformer as used on RAE RTV 1

Anti-laser eye-protection spectacles

1980

Brown dubbin in original tin

Remote Arm Manipulator

1950-1980

Rudder angle indicator and junction box

1948-1951

British Transport Hotels Group Rates for Travel Agents Net of Commission

The Broads

1932

Southampton Docks, King George V Graving Dock

1933

Three O-VEE Spring Thread Gauges.

Three O-VEE Spring Thread Gauges.

1946 or later.

"Naked Milli" minicomputer comprising three printed circuit boards and an input/output interface with cable

"Naked Milli"

1975

Battery operated portable insulin infusion pump type MS36, with strap, spare batteries and instruction booklet by Graseby Medical

Portable insulin infusion pump, 1980s.

1981-1990

Mechanical Horse, 6-ton, Great Western Railway, built by Scammell in 1939, fleet number 6271, registration FLL 362, chassis number 11878/6.

Mechanical horse

1939

A modern version of the Thomson type azimuth mirror, called an azimuth circle, used to take bearings of terrestrial and celestial objects from a compass, by SG Brown Limited, Watford, Hertfordshire, England, 1945-1951

A modern version of the Thomson type azimuth mirror, called an azimuth circle

1945-1951

Demonstration aneroid barometer by F. Darton and Co. Ltd., Watford, England

Demonstration aneroid barometer by F. Darton and Co. Ltd.

1925-1983

Bottle of 2% Xylocaine solution, in box, with instructions, by Astra-Hewlett Ltd., Watford, 1965

Bottle of 2% Xylocaine solution

1965

Box of 100 2% Xylocaine and adrenaline local anaesthetic injection cartridges, by Astra Chemicals, Watford, 1970-1973

Box of 100 2% Xylocaine and adrenaline local anaesthetic injection cartridges

1970-1973

Bottle of hepatagen liquid, by C. J. Hewlett and Son Ltd., Watford, Hertfordshire, England, 1950-1965

Bottle of hepatagen liquid

1950-1965

Bottle of magnesium carbonate tablets, by Dinneford and Co., Ltd., English

Bottle of magnesium carbonate tablets

1 x 14 tablet pack of C0-Betaloc tablets metoprolol tartrate), by Astra, expires 1983

C0-Betaloc tablets (metoprolol tartrate) 1 x 14 tablet pack

1975-1982

Tube of anabolin tablets, in original carton, by Endocrines Ltd., English.

Tube of anabolin tablets

Bottle of "Emulax" pills by Astrapharm Ltd., English

Bottle of "Emulax" pills by Astrapharm Ltd.

Bottle of Dinneford's magnesia tablets, by Dinneford and Co. Ltd., English

Bottle of Dinneford's magnesia tablets

operating department; traffic apprentice; training; station relief work; footplate experience; freight, coal traffic; assistant yard master, goods stations; Royal Engineers, movement control; assistant stationmaster; electrification; rolling stock assistant, British Rail Board Headquarters; d.o.b. 1931-09-28, railway work: 1952-1982, London Paddington; Gerrards Cross; South Wales; West Midlands; Farnborough; Longmoor Military Railway; Dettmold; Trieste; London Liverpool Street station; Enfield; British Rail Board headquarters;

Robinson, John Frederick

2002-06-14

Thermohygrograph by F. Darton and Co. Ltd., Watford, England, 1957

Thermohygrograph by F. Darton and Co. Ltd.

1957

Bathythermograph Mk 1B, ‘deep’ model with box, made by S G Brown, Watford, England, c.1940.

Bathythermograph Mk 1B, ‘deep’ model, made by S G Brown

1939-1942