Packet of 20 Silk Cut Super Low cigarettes, king s

Smoking

1999

Packet of 20 Silk Cut Super Low cigarettes, king size, made by Benson and Hedges, Old Bond Street, London, W1, 1999.

Kodak "Retina I" camera with Compur rapid shutter, 1935.

Photographic Technology

1935

Kodak "Retina I" camera with Compur rapid shutter, 1935.

Signal relay box

Signalling & Telecommunications

Signal relay box, vertical type, containing 3 relays, by Elliott Brothers (London) Ltd.

'City of Truro' Steam locomotive

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1903

Steam locomotive, Great Western Railway, 4-4-0 No 3440 "City of Truro", designed by William Dean, built at Swindon in 1903.

NER 0-6-0 '1001' class steam locomotive and tender, No 1275, 1874

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1874

Steam locomotive and tender, No 1275, Class 1001 long boiler, 0-6-0, built for North Eastern Railway, designed by William Booch who developed Stephenson’s original ‘long boiler’ design, built at Dubs & Co. Glasgow in 1874, withdrawn in 1923. Length over buffers: 48' 6"; weight: 35 tons; driving wheels 5 feet, 6 inches.

Machine used for covering wires with silk and cotton, 1837

Textiles Machinery

1837

Machine used for covering wires with silk and cotton for electrical purposes, made by W T Henley, Whitechapel, London, England, 1837

Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway 3rd Class open railway carriage, 1834

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1834

Railway carriage, four wheeled, 3rd class open, Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway, built in 1834. Length over buffers: 17 ft.

Steam locomotive, 'Beattie Well Tank'

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1874

Steam locomotive, London & South Western Railway, 2-4-0WT No 298, 'Beattie Well Tank', designed by W.G. Beattie, built in 1874, withdrawn in 1962. Renumbered 30587 by British Railways.

Hypodermic syringe with glass phials of drugs

Therapeutics

1885-1910

Hypodermic syringe, glass and nickel plated brass, in aluminium case with velvet purse, containing 6 glass phials of hypodermic tablets. 84 mm x 43 mm x 20 mm, .08kg. Phials: 76 mm x 5 mm diameter each. Phials of strychnine nitrate, atropine sulphate, cocaine hydrochloride, apomorphine hydrochloride, morphine and atropine sulphate and morphine sulphate hypodermic tablets. Made by Parke, Davis and Co., USA, 1885-1910, once the property of F. Treves, FRCS.

Caroline Herschel's telescope, 1795-1816

Astronomy

1795-1825

Newtonian reflecting telescope with 6-inch diameter speculum mirror of 7-foot focal length with black painted deal tube and altazimuth stand plus accessories

Swan electric lamp

Lighting

1878-1879

Early carbon and rod filament incandescent electric lamp, by Sir Joseph Wilson Swan, England, 1878-1879

Maxim's 'Pipe of Peace', 1909-1910

Therapeutics

1909-1910

One of two boxed sets of Maxim's inhaler, Sir Hiram Maxims "Pipe of Peace", with drug prepared by John Morgan Richards and Sons Ltd., London, 1909-1910

Genoese medicine chest

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1562-1566

Medicine chest, large, leather covered, probably made for Vincenzo Guistiniani, Genoese Governor of between 1562 and 1566

Motorola StarTAC mobile phone, 1997.

Telecommunications

1997

STAR TAC mobile telephone by Motorola, Alencon Link, Basingstoke, Hampshire, 1997.

Section of a CB1 manual telephone exchange switchboard, 1925-1960

Telecommunications

1925-1960

Section of a CB1 manual telephone exchange switchboard with positions for three operators, unknown maker, British, 1925-1960. In use at Enfield Telephone Exchange 22 July 1925 to 5 October 1960

Hull Corporation telephone, 1900-1910

Telecommunications

1900-1910

Hull Corporation telephone, made by the Elektrisk Bureau, Oslo, Norway, 1900-1910

Diesel Locomotive Class 47 'Prince William'

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1965

Diesel Locomotive Class 47/4 No 47798 'Prince William'. Co-co 4 foot 8 1/2 inch gauge, built at Crewe by British Rail Crewe and Brush Ltd in 1965. Named 'Firefly' from August 1985 to March 1995; renamed 'Prince Willliam' in May 1995.

Three-valve radio receiver, 1922-1925

Radio Communication

1922-1925

Three-valve receiver used in a Derbyshire colliery test, unknown maker, Derby, England, 1922-1925. Ref. Wireless World 2/12/22 p.314

Compound Microscope used by Joseph Jackson Lister

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1830-1850

Microscope, English, 1830-1850, given to Lord Lister by his father J.J. Lister in 1849

Early balance spring watch by Thomas Tompion

Time Measurement

1675-1679

Early balance spring pocket watch in silver case made by Thomas Tompion, Fleet Street, London, England, 1675-79. The watch features an unusual dial showing minutes on the main dial and two subsidiary dials for the hours (in the upper position) and seconds (in the lower position). The subsidiary dial for hours indicates up to six hours in each cycle.

V2 Rocket, A4 missile

Space Technology

1945

V2 Rocket, A4 missile, Germany, 1945

Tensival tablets and Distaval tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1958-1962

3 metal containers, each containing 25 tablets of Tensival (contains thalidomide), by The Distillers Company Ltd., 1958-1962

'Chopper' bicycle

Road Transport

1978

Raleigh 'Chopper' Mk2 bicycle. The Chopper is one of the most iconic children’s bicycles and was first produced in 1968. Its design resembled an American Harley Davidson motorcycle and was unlike anything on the market, its success also helped by the film ‘Easy Rider’ released in 1969. This is a Mark 2 Raleigh Chopper, first produced in 1971 in response to safety concerns, and differing most notably with un-adjustable handle-bars and a shorter seat with a warning that only one person should sit on it at a time. The Chopper Mark 2 continued to be produced until 1984. However this wasn’t the end of the Chopper, and it once again returned to shops in 2004 with the Mark 3.

BBC (Zenith-GE) Stereo FM Receiver and Speakers

Television

1962

BBC-designed Zenith-GE stereo FM receiver and speakers, 1962. Comprising: Zenith-GE Stereo System Receiver 5; Zenith-GE Stereo System LS2A; Zenith-GE Stereo System LS2B.

Bo-Bo No 1

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1902

Electric locomotive, North Eastern Railway, Bo-Bo No 1, 3rd rail and overhead pick-up, built by Brush in 1902, withdrawn in 1965.

Anderson-type obstetrical forceps, United Kingdom, 1901-1930

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1901-1930

Forceps, obstetrical, Anderson, steel, nickel-plated, by Reynolds and Branson, British, early 20th century

replica of Bell's 1876 centennial telephone transmitter, 1959

Telecommunications

1959

Replica of Bell's 1876 'Centennial' telephone transmitter, made by Science Museum Workshops, South Kensington, London, England, 1959

Steam locomotive, number 673

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1897

Steam locomotive, Midland Railway, 4-2-2 No 673, Midland Spinner, designed by S.W. Johnson, built at Derby in March 1897, withdrawn in 1923.

Diesel-hydraulic locomotive, Western Fusilier

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1963

Diesel-hydraulic locomotive, British Railways, Class 52 C-C No 1023 "Western Fusilier", built at Swindon in 1963, withdrawn in 1977.

Sewing machine by Elias Howe

Textiles Machinery

c. 1846

Lockstitch sewing machine by Elias Howe, Lowell, Massachusetts, United States, made about 1846, the first sewing machine to be brought to England from America in that year.

Claxton ear cap, England, 1925-1945

Therapeutics

1925-1945

One of three corrective ear cap of pink ribbon, elastic and net in box, patented by Claxton, English, 1925-1945

Pharmacy sign in the shape of a unicorn's head

Pharmacy-ware

1700-1870

Pharmacy sign in form of unicorn's head, perhaps English or Dutch, 1700-1870

Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.

Telecommunications

1850

Alexander Bain's chemical telegraph, unknown maker, England, 1850. Includes key not shown on photograph.

The Demon Detective camera

Photographic Technology

1889

O'Reilly's Patent No 10823. Conical metal camera for 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inch plates, uncemented achromatic lenses c.F:1 1/2 inch fixed aperture and focus. Flap and shutter before lens work by elastic band. The American Camera Company, c.1890.

Empty bottle for Opium tincture tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1880-1940

Glass bottle with cork stopper for Tabloid brand Opium Tincture (laudanum) tablets, now empty. 76 mm x 34 mm x 23 mm, .03kg. Made by Burroughs Wellcome, English, second half 19th century.

West Coast Joint Stock postal sorting van No 186, 1885

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1885

Postal sorting van/tender, No 186, travelling Post Office with lineside pick-up apparatus, West Coast Joint Stock, built 1885, withdrawn March 1934. Includes mailbag exchange equipment (144"x44"x63"); carriage basket (36"x82"x48") and collection post (134" high x 30"x21").

Kodak No 1 Camera

Photographic Technology

c. 1891

Kodak No 1 camera, manufactured by Eastman Kodak Co 1889 to1895. Box camera for factory loaded film, 100 exposures. 2 1/2" diameter / rapid rectilinear lens, fixed aperture and focus, sector type shutter, cocked by string, with attached lens plug. Serial No 10275 embossed in top and rear of camera body.

Ancient Greek Cupping Cup

Classical & Medieval Medicine

400 BCE- 100 BCE

Bronze cupping cup, Greek, excavated in Syracuse, 1926

Memento mori showing woman with half a head and half a skull

Anatomy & Pathology

1801-1900

Wooden bust of a woman, half head, half skull, mounted on a ivory and wooden stand, possibly Italian, possibly 19th century

Bowl from Hiroshima, Japan

Nuclear Physics

1935-1945

Porcelain bowl, retrieved from Hiroshima after the atomic bomb explosion, unsigned, Japan, August 1945

Machine-Screw thread making tool, by Henry Maudslay

Hand and Machine Tools

c.1800

Tool for originating screw threads, made by Henry Maudslay, 1800-1805

Britannia statue

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

1849

Statue, Britannia with supporters, London & North Western Railway, formerly displayed in the Great Hall of Euston Station over the door leading to the general meeting room, 1849-1961, subsequently displayed in the restaurant at Euston Station, 1962-1986. Soft stone, sculpted by John Thomas, 1849. To Britannia's left is a lion, and a figure of Mercury and to her right is a figure representing the Arts and Sciences.

Toothbrush with horsehair bristles, London, England, 1870-1920

Dentistry

1870-1920

Toothbrush, pattern 33, horsehair with ivoride handle, by Savory and Moore, London, 1870-1920

Gyroscope platform

Space Technology

1945

Gyroscope platform with two gyroscopes, for V2 rocket.

Three-ring Enigma cypher machine in oak wood transit case

Radio Communication

1934

Three-ring Enigma cypher machine complete in oak wood transit case, together with original German battery (Serial number A6421/1937), unsigned, Germany, 1934 (see Note)

'Bob the Builder' animation set

Creative Industries

Set complete with houses used in the filming of 'Bob the Builder'.

Ether vaporizer for use with Boyle's anaesthetic machine

Anaesthesiology

1955-1965

Boyle's-bottle type ether vaporizer, by the British Oxygen Company Ltd., 19-- - 19-

Bottle of Alertis Cordial, United States, 1901-1920

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1901-1920

brown glass bottle containing aletris cordial (sometimes known as 'Mother's cordial'), uterine tonic prepared by Rio Chemical Co. bottle and contents from U.S.A., 1901 to 1920

Fireless locomotive, named Imperial

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1956

Fireless steam locomotive, 0-4-0F No 1 "Imperial", built by Andrew Barclay & Sons, Kilmarnock in 1956, worked at Imperial Paper Mills, Gravesend.

Globtik Tokyo

Water Transport

c. 1972

Scale Model 1:100 of the ULCC (ultra large crude carrier) Globtik Tokyo