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Packet of 20 'Three Castles' cigarettes

Smoking

1920-1950

Cybernetic tortoise, developed to help with studies on brain function

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1950-1952

Stereotactic frame and introducer needles

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1958

Olympus 201 jet engine

Aircraft Propulsion

1960

Belvedere Helicopter

Aeronautics

1960

Conditioned Reflex Analogue, ‘CORA’, England, 1950-1953

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1950-1953

Half set of gold electrodes

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1962

'Radio Celebrities Second Series' cigarette card album, 1934-1940

Radio Communication

1934-1940

Hercules 264 Radial Engine

Aircraft Propulsion

1953

'Radio Celebrities' cigarette card album, 1934-1940

Radio Communication

1934-1940
Bristol ‘Centaurus’ sleeve-valve radial 18-cylinder aero engine, part-sectioned, by The Bristol Aeroplane Company Limited, Bristol, Somerset, England, 1942-1950

Bristol 'Centaurus' sleeve-valve aero engine, c 1940s.

Aircraft Propulsion

1942-1950

'Radio Celebrities' cigarette card albums, 1934-1940

Radio Communication

1934-1940

Whole model rigged of the screw steamship "Great Britain"

Water Transport

1840-1878

Electrocardiogram (ECG) monitor, Bristol, England, 1946-1949

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1946-1949

X3 satellite 'Prospero', with associated handling equipment

Space Technology

1971

Abscess lancet, steel, in tortoiseshell sheath, by

Surgery

1822-1900
Saucer, ceramic, Great Western Railway - Mechanics' Institution, Swindon, made by Robert R Bray, Bristol, Swindon; plain white with green garter on rim, 5 3/4" diameter.

Ceramic saucer, Great Western Railway - Mechanics' Institution, Swindon

Passenger Comforts

'First Aid' cigarette cards

Imperial Tobacco

1913

First Aid, 50 Finger Bandage

Imperial Tobacco

1913

Display board of spectacles and lenses, c.1921

Optics

1920-1921
Locomotive Worksplate, Peckett & Sons, Bristol No. 1282, 1912, brass, oval, 0-6-0ST inside cylinder No. 15, Swansea Harbour Railway Trust, Great Western Railway No. 1085, renumbered 1146 in 1949, withdrawn January 1951.

Worksplate, Peckett & Sons

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1912
Locomotive Worksplate, Fox Walker & Co (Bristol) No. 410, ex works November 1878, 0-6-0 saddle tank locomotive inside cylinder, new to North Pembrokeshire & Fishguard Railway "Margaret", to Great Western Railway February 1898 No. 1378, sold to Gwendraeth Valley Railway as No. 2 in 1910, to Kidwelly Tinplate Co. Ltd in 1923, out of use from 1941, now preserved at Scolton Manor Museum, near Haverfordwest.

fox walker & co worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1878

Twisted glass stirring rod, Bristol, England, 1750-1900

Laboratory Medicine

1750-1900

Barnes obstetrical forceps

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1834-1900

Proof of the pudding

Photographs

1947

Ballpoint pen advertising telephone counselling service, Bristol, England, 1984

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1984

Marine sand glass

Navigation

1750-1900

Scalpel, steel and ebony, by Ferris and Co. of Bri

Surgery

1893-1900

Fry's chocolate box, cardboard covered with light

Plastics and Modern Materials

1900-1920

Orrery planetary model by John Hansford, 1785-1810

Astronomy

1785-1810
Resin casts of Wallace and Gromit in motorcycle sidecar combination, made from the original model by Aardman Animations Ltd in 1999. Original model featured in Aardman animated film 'A Close Shave', 1995.

Model motorcycle and sidecar used in animated film 'A Close Shave', 1995

Cinematography

1992-2002

Electroencephalogram from epileptic patient

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1958

Electrode head board, Bristol, England, 1958

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1958

Atom track photograph using ‘Nuclear Research’ emulsion

Nuclear Physics

1948

Atom track photograph using ‘Nuclear Research’ emulsion

Nuclear Physics

1948

Atom track photograph using ‘Nuclear Research’ emulsion

Nuclear Physics

1948

Atom track photograph using ‘Nuclear Research’ emulsion

Nuclear Physics

1948

Atom track photograph using ‘Nuclear Research’ emulsion

Nuclear Physics

1948

Atom track photograph using ‘Nuclear Research’ emulsion

Nuclear Physics

1948

Atom track photograph using ‘Nuclear Research’ emulsion

Nuclear Physics

1948

Flexographic Printing Sleeve, 1960-1983

Printing & Writing

1960-1983

Large green glass bottle, cylindrical, made at Pho

Medical Glass-ware

1851-1900

Uterine dressing forceps, steel, by Ferris and Co.

Surgery

1851-1900

Atom track photograph using ‘Nuclear Research’ emulsion

Nuclear Physics

1948

Wire from the Bristol Siddeley Olympus Aero-engine

Aircraft Propulsion

1959-1968

Stoneware jug

Medical Ceramic-ware

1821-1920
Locomotive Worksplate, "The Avonside Engine Co Limited Rebuilt by - 1924 Bristol", red, brass, oval.

locomotive worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1924
Locomotive Worksplate, "Avonside Engine Co. Limited, 1589, 1910 Bristol", 0-4-0 tank outside cylinder, AE Special Tank, new to Cadbury Brothers, Bournville, Birmingham, No.4, scrapped February 1954, black, brass, oval.

locomotive worksplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1910

16mm film about ECT (electro-convulsive therapy),

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1940-1945

English green glass, pharmacy bottle, 19th century

Medical Glass-ware

1750-1920