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Oulton Gold Cup Race

1966

Guillotine manufactured by W. Crosland in Bredbury in 1911 and used by Allsops

1911

Steam valve from plant at Solvay Soda works, 1920s

1921-1930

Glass 'streamline' hydrometer marked J W Towers Ltd

1930-1960

Glass specific gravity hydrometer by J W Towers

1920-1960

Samples of polyethene, c. 1935.

1935

Glass 'streamline' hydrometer marked J W Towers Ltd

1930-1960

Screw, late 18th century

1775-1800

Model (scale 1:200) of the Jodrell Bank Lovell Telescope

1957 (original); 1961 (model)

Canister of salicylamide tablets

Daily Herald Photograph: Packing potatoes for market

1934-10-23

Daily Herald Photograph: Tithe War

Daily Herald Photograph: Packing potatoes

1934-10-23

Daily Herald Photograph: Potato harvest

1934-10-23

Twaddell hydrometer

1920- 1960

Glass streamline hydrometer by J W Towers

1920-1960

Glass streamline hydrometer by J W Towers

1920-1960

Specific gravity hydrometer

Twaddell no 6 hydrometer

1920-1960

Twaddell no 4 hydrometer

1920-1960

'Hibisol' disinfectant as used in treating MRSA patients

1996

S.21 flat bed lorry

1968

Six Twaddell hydrometers by J W Towers

1943

Set of scales

1960-1970

Twaddell no 1 hydrometer

1920-1960

Hays portable gas analyser for the analysis of exhaust gas from furnaces and I.C. engine exhaust

Jack Brabham, Oulton Gold Cup Race

1966

Oulton Gold Cup Race

1966

John Surtees, Oulton Gold Cup Race

1966

Jim Clark, Oulton Gold Cup Race

1966

Cardboard box

1920-1950

Canister of warfarin tablets

Prototype BT Fast Dial Telephone

1993-1998

Daily Herald Photograph; Pig Farming

1941

Daily Herald Photograph; Basket Making

1934-03-22

Daily Herald Photograph: Giant beanstalk

1964-08-31
Telescopic dowsing rods, pair, 1994

Telescopic dowsing rods, pair, 1994

1994
High pressure research at Alkali Division of ICI . 1969 Feb / written by Frank Bebbington. [6p. ts.]

High pressure research at Alkali Division of ICI

1969
Foden 4-axle rigid chassis, 1970, with Holmes blower and 700 cubic ft. metalair tipping tank for granulated sugar. Chassis no. 67990. Registration no. BUU 990H. Foden Trucks date to 1856 with a small engineering company in Cheshire. Foden Trucks gained a reputation for quality engineering and played a key role in the evolution of commercial road transport up until it was absorbed by PACCAR Inc in 1980. This example was part of a large fleet of tankers that worked for the sugar giant Tate & Lyle Ltd. They had to deliver sugar from the London depots to a number of confectionary factories in southern England, and had been specially modified for the job. The sugar was discharged by tipping the tank and then blown out with compressed air from the Holmes blower.

Foden 4-axle lorry

1970
Glass streamline Twaddell's no 6 hydrometer by J W Towers. Lead shot weight and paper scale. In blue cardboard tube. Range 138 -170.

Twaddell no 6 hydrometer

1920-1960
Single Pan Electrical Balance

Single Pan Electrical Balance

1900-1980
British Railways Board Civil Engineering Department handbook no. 6 "Examination of Structures," revised August 1984. Publication no. BR 1237/1. 71pp.

Examination of Structures

1984
Model 100 balance made by J W Towers & Co, in a glazed mahogany case with a black glass base. This model has air dampers above the beam. The balance has no serial number.

Model 100 balance made by J W Towers & Co

Glass streamline specific gravity hydrometer by J W Towers, bearing serial number 9093. Lead shot weight and paper scale. In cardboard tube, probably not original (too short). Range 0.600 - 0.700. Hydrometer index 255.

Glass streamline specific gravity hydrometer by J W Towers

1920-1960
Two copies of leaflet 'Infection Control in Nursing; Part One, Hand Hygiene', by ICI, Macclesfield, Cheshire, 1982

Two copies of leaflet 'Infection Control in Nursing'

1982
Berisford's weaver collection bookmarks manufactured for 'ASL Industries' This bookmark has a wizard design in purple's and gold and is a ribbon style bookmark.

Berisford's weaver collection

20th century
Glass hydrometer with no intermediate markings. Lead weight and paper scale. Indark blue cardboard case, marked J W Towers, Widnes. Range 750 - 800.

Glass hydrometer with no intermediate markings

1920-1950
Glass Twaddell's no 4 hydrometer by J W Towers. Lead shot weight and paper scale. In blue cardboard tube. Range 0.74 - 1.02.

Twaddell no 4 hydrometer

1920-1960
Experimental lightweight structure for X3 satellite, by IMI Summerfield, England

Experimental Structure for the X3 Satellite

1968-1971
Ordinary copper ore from Alderley Edge, Cheshire.

Ordinary copper ore from Alderley Edge, Cheshire

before 1889