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Astronomy Magazine issue featuring article by Hawking's biographer Kitty Ferguson and an 'Ask Astro' answer by Hawking

1989

Case model 'C' 35 hp tractor, 1931.

1931

DNA molecular model kit, USA, 1986.

1986

Case for 'National' portable typewriter No 5

1916-1920

Circular wooden rotating dental cabinet with multiple drawers

1950-1960
'National' portable typewriter No 5, by the National Typewriter Company, Wisconsin, United States of America, 1916

'National' portable typewriter No 5

1916-1920
Case 'L' agricultural tractor on steel wheels with spade lugs and road bands, by the J.I. Case Company Incorporated, Racine, Wisconsin, U.S.A., Serial No. L 324483, 1931. Engine: 26/40 hp 4-cylinder overhead valve gasoline (petrol)/kerosene.

Case model 'L' 47hp tractor, 1931.

1931
Milwaukee matic numerically controlled horizontal spindle machining centre

Spindle machining centre

'National' portable typewriter No 5, by the National Typewriter Company, Wisconsin, United States of America, 1916

'National' portable typewriter No 5

1916-1920
Milwaukee vertical milling machine

Milwaukee vertical milling machine

F.W.D. type B. lorry, 1917-19. The Four Wheel Drive Auto Company was formed in Clintonville, Wisconsin, USA in January 1909 after Otto Zachow and William Besserdich developed and built the first successful four wheel drive car, the ‘Battleship’. They soon switched to making trucks due to the four-wheel drive’s success in military tests, and in 1916 the American government made their first order of 38 trucks. More orders followed and by early 1917 400 FWD had been shipped to Britain, becoming essential equipment for artillery haulage and ammunition supply in the First World War. By end of 1918 over 5000 had been shipped to Europe, over 3000 to Britain. In 1921 Britain were able to manufacture FWDs calling them Quads. This particular one was supplied to the US Ordnance Department and was subsequently in use in France until the 1930s as a mobile optician’s surgery.

Lorry

1917-19