Wolseley 7.5 H.P. motor car, with side lamps, spare wheels, and Brighton run presentation tankard 1902-1903
Old black cast-iron 10 Radiant gas fire with gas-ring attached, by J. Wright and Co., Birmingham black cast-iron 10 Radiant gas fire
Coronet 9.5mm cine camera, 1932, in original carton with accessories including three bulbs, film spool, and three colour film filters. Coronet 9.5mm Camera, Box and Accessories. 1932
'Tompion Medal', presented in 1996 by the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers to Dr Bernard Guinot for his contributions to the implementation of Co-ordinated Universal Time 'Tompion Medal' 1996
[Holograph letter] 1784 Oct 30, Birm[ingha]m, [to] Mr. James McGrigor, M[---]d, via Ferrybridge, Glasgow / J. Watt. [McGrigor was Watt's second father-in-law. He wishes to revise 'my survey of the ground between Inverness and Fort William' but fears 'the estimate is less than it can be done for'. Re Mr. Arkwright 'he is, to say no worse, one of the most self sufficient ignorant men I have ever met with', yet 'certainly a man of merit in his way, and one to whom Britain is much indebted and whom she should honour & reward'. Watt gives details of past dealings with Arkwright, adding that 'our rotative engines ... are certainly very applicable to the driving of cotton mills'. He continues 'As Mr Boulton is absent I cannot give any answer .. about the Engineership of this Great Canal'. His mind is 'almost wholly turned toward the steam engine', and 'business which is now very extensive takes up all the time that bad health will permit me to work'. He says 'we must ... go to law with some people who encroach on our patent rights'. He adds his views on taxation 'which is exclusively leveled at trade and manufactures'. And 'our business is going on successfully, and could we only depend on its durability we need look for no better'] Holograph letter 1784 Oct 30 1784 Oct 30
Lapel badge, Railway Convalescent Homes, made by H.W. Miller Ltd. of Birmingham. 8 small shields, with a white horse in the centre encircled by the words 'Railway Convalescent Homes'. Lapel badge
Ninety degrees, section of a fixed-lens (4th-order) lighthouse optic, 36 inches high, (internal crack in top prism) by Chance Brothers, Birmingham, England, c. 1895. Fresnel lighthouse optic 1890-1900
Packet containing double cyanide gauze, Southall Bros. and Barclays Ltd, Birmingham; Charford Mills, 1914-1918. Packet containing double cyanide gauze 1914-1918
Button, British Rail, chrome "Double Arrow" c.1966, back stamped 'Buttons Limited Birmingham', Dimensions: 1" dia. British Rail button 1966
Intervision 486 wearable computer with head-mounted display, by the University of Birmingham, England, 1995. Intervision 486 computer with head-mounted display 1995
Booklet, paper, Electric all the way - London to Glasgow, issued by British Rail (London Midland Region), printed by James Cond Ltd., Birmingham, circa 1977. Gives the history of London - Scotland routes and describes the electrification of the West Coast route. Electric all the way - London to Glasgow 1972-1983
Seca Cardiotest 100 cycle ergometer, model 545, with digital display of load, rpm, heart rate and duration, used for exercise testing of cardiac patients (without electrodes), by Seca Ltd, UK, produced for Seca Vogel & Halke, Hamburg, Germany, serial no. 920265, 1993 Cardiotest 100 cycle ergometer, 1993. 1993
Packet containing Lord Listers double cyanide gauze, Cuxon Gerrard & Company Ltd. Birmingham; Corporation street, 1914-1918. Packet containing double cyanide gauze 1914-1918
Packet containing Lord Listers double cyanide gauze, Cuxon Gerrard & Company Ltd. Birmingham, 1914-1918. Packet containing double cyanide gauze 1914-1918