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Rover 'Safety' bicycle, 1885

Road Transport

1885

Bersey electric taxi cab

Road Transport

1897

Ribbon loom with jacquard head

Textile Industry

c. 1900

9-Cylinder Leonides 173 Radial Engine

Aircraft Propulsion

c. 1936

Post Office 746 telephone, 1967-1971

Telecommunications

1967-1971

GEC Tension Gauges

Telecommunications

T10 or Tina motor scooter

Road Transport

1966

Early-type Singer safety bicycle

Road Transport

1888-1890

Lathe, made by Alfred Herbert Ltd

Hand and Machine Tools

De Dion Bouton motor tricycle

Road Transport

1898

Gamma 201 rocket engine, c. 1957.

Space Technology

1955-1957

Coventry halfpenny token, 1793

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1793

GEC Tension Gauge

Telecommunications

'GECophone' radio crystal detector

Radio Communication

1925

Husky FC486 rugged notebook computer

Computing & Data Processing

1994

Herbert 2M/3M Auto Robot Capstan lathe, c 1977

Hand and Machine Tools

c.1977

Model H motorcycle

Road Transport

1917

Gearbox, Self-Changing Gears Ltd, Coventry, Type RF 28, for the NRM 0-6-0 Diesel Mechanical 03 Shunter No. 03090 (1976-7005).

gearbox

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

Model (scale unknown) of a contemporary ribbon loo

Textiles Machinery

1870

Motorcycle magneto

Road Transport

1919-1920

Necklace of woody nightshade, Coventry, England, 1901-1913

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1901-1913

'Rudge Multigear' motor bicycle

Road Transport

1915

Triumph car factory, Coventry

Photographs

23 September 1931

Triumph car factory, Coventry

Photographs

23 September 1931

Triumph car factory, Coventry

Photographs

23 September 1931

Photograph showing Indian actor Sabu riding an elephant at Coventry Zoo

Photographs

1937-05-05

Triumph car factory, Coventry

Photographs

23 September 1931

Sample, 3 links of conveyor chain

Lifting & Mechanical Handling

DVW "Husky" ruggedised portable computer

Computing & Data Processing

1981

Triumph car factory, Coventry

Photographs

23 September 1931

Triumph car factory, Coventry

Photographs

23 September 1931

Triumph car factory, Coventry

Photographs

23 September 1931

Triumph car factory, Coventry

Photographs

23 September 1931

Type 312F telephone, General Electric Co.

Telecommunications

1954

2 cylinder motor car with hot tube ignition

Road Transport

1897-1899

Triumph car factory, Coventry

Photographs

23 September 1931

Triumph car factory, Coventry

Photographs

23 September 1931

Triumph car factory, Coventry

Photographs

23 September 1931

london midland & scottish railway telephone

Signalling & Telecommunications

1931

"Karrusel" deck watch by R. Thorneloe of Coventry.

Time Measurement

hallmarked 1897

Steel reinforced label for three link conveyor chain sample

Lifting & Mechanical Handling

Patent Pocket Watch by Samuel Smith, 1810-1815

Time Measurement

1810-1815

Triumph car factory, Coventry

Photographs

23 September 1931

Triumph car factory, Coventry

Photographs

23 September 1931

Coventry Machinists Co.'s cycle spring ring ball b

Mechanical Power Transmission

c. 1880

Lanchester saloon car, 1937. The Lanchester Engine Company Ltd was started in 1899 by three brothers, George, Frederick and Frank. Frederick Lanchester was one of the most influential automobile engineers of the 19th and 20th century and even though he officially left the company in 1909 was still heavily involved on a consultancy basis. In 1931 Lanchester Motor Company merged with the British Daimler company, which was owned by BSA. George and Frank continued to work for Daimler and this is an example of the Lanchester Eighteen, the first Lanchester model to come out of Diamler, still designed by George Lanchester, and produced between 1932 and 1940. However George left in 1932 and by 1956 the Lanchester marque was no longer used.

Lanchester 'Eighteen' saloon motor car

Road Transport

1937

'Junior' Triumph, 2-stroke, 2.25 h.p. motorcycle, c. 1914-1918. These motorcycles were also affectionately known as the ‘Baby’ Triumph. They first started being produced in 1913 to satisfy the growing demand for economical lightweight motorcycles, and were so successful production continued until 1925. The later models were fitted with a clutch and kick-start, though models like this had neither and had to be started by sitting astride and ‘paddling’ off. These motorcycles also still carried the common Triumph feature of the front fork rocking about a single pivot.

Junior Triumph motorcycle

Road Transport

1914-1918

7500 1b. rocket thrust chambers (c. 1970) comprising:- thrust chamber with 'Rokide' liner, sectioned throat liner, inner liner assembly, complete all-welded thrust chamber, nozzle for high pressure operation.

Larch rocket engine chamber, c. 1970.

Space Technology

1965-1971

Model of Armstrong Whitworth "Argosy" airliner, scale 1:32

Imperial Airways' Armstrong Whitworth Argosy Airliner, c 1925.

Aeronautics

1929

B.S.A. 600 cc side-valve M21 motorcycle and sidecar, the last Automobile Association road patrol motorcycle outfit (complete with full equipment and accessories). Motorcycles were first used by the AA from 1909 but the mechanisation of the AA Patrols did not begin until 1919. The M21 models were introduced during the Second World War and withdrawn in 1968 when the program to re-equip patrols with minivans was complete. The motorcycle’s side-car was used to carry a range of tools and equipment, but as there were an increased number of vehicles on the road and engineers needed to work more quickly, more tools and equipment were needed which required a van.

M21 motorcycle and sidecar

Road Transport

1958