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Thermoplastic radiotherapy mask

Radiomedicine

2017

Audio trunk cable specimen, 1925-1935

Telecommunications

1925-1935

Brownie crystal receiver and pair of Lissen headphones, 1924-1927

Radio Communication

1924-1927

Lissen Headphones, 1922-1930

Radio Communication

1921-1930

loud speaker valve type L.S.5. W/T, 1923

Electronic Components

1923

Leatherette case for mechanical hearing aids

Audiology

1935-1936
'Moy' camera with accelerator unit, made by Ernest F Moy Limited, Camden, London, England, 1950-1970. With 35mm Wray lens, made by Wray Optical Works Limited, Bromley, London, England, 1950-1970.

Moy Camera with accelerator unit and 35mm 'Wray' lens, 1950-1970

Radio Communication

1950-1970

Lancet

Asian Medicine

1830-1930
Heyde's Aktino-photometer made by W.F. Stanley & Co. Cylindrical extinction meter. Rotating continuous wedge moves under blue-glass eyepiece. High-low filter. (See 536 - larger)

Heyde's Aktino-photometer

Photographic Technology
A collection of 474 35mm colour transparencies of shop fronts taken by photographer Andrew Lawson c.1975.

Andrew Lawson Collection of 35mm Colour Transparencies

Photographs

c 1975
Print of an anchor recoil escapement, one of two, by Saint Bride Foundation Printing School, 1891-1925

Print of an anchor recoil escapement

Time Measurement

1891-1925
Brass-mounted wide-angled rectilinear lens made by Wray, 6 1/2" focus. Aperture f.11; listed in the 1889 Wray catalogue as the fastest landscape-type lens.

Wray Wide-Angle Rectilinear Lens

Photographic Technology

1895-1905
Rectangular glass bottle with ground glass stopper one-quarter full of 'Chlorodyne' (morphine and chloroform tincture, with cannabis in some recipes). 106 mm x 27 mm x 34 mm, 93 g. Dispensed by W.R. Baker, Sidcup, English, 1850-1880.

Glass bottle of Chlorodyne

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1850-1880
Cylindrical glass bottle with cork stopper, contains quinine sulphate, prepared by Howards & Sons, Stratford, London, 1860-1910.

glass Bottle Containing Quinine Sulphate, 1860-1910

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1860-1910
Brass-mounted landscape camera lens made by Wray; disc diaphragm f.16 to f.64, with leather cap.

Wray Landscape Lens

Photographic Technology

1880-1900
The Xit Camera. Folding bellows camera by Shew; 4x3" plates; achromatic meniscus lens, F. 11 fixed aperture. Disc shutter 60,30,15.

Xit, folding bellows camera

Photographic Technology
Post Office Greetings Telegram, London SW23 to Peckham (London), [no date stamp]: ‘Congratulations on your first wedding anniversary, may you have many more’

Post Office Greetings Telegram, London SW23 to Peckham (London), [no date stamp]: ‘Congratulations on your first wedding anniversary, may you have many more’

Telecommunications
Silver gelatin print entitled 'London Suburb', by Bill Brandt, 1940.

London Suburb

Photographs

1940
Brass-mounted rapid symmetrical lens by Ross & Co. Ltd; 7 1/2 " focus f8 with Waterhouse stops.

Rapid Symmetrical Lens

Photographic Technology

1890-1900
Smith's Map of England & Wales showing all the Railways, Roads, Rivers & Canals, 1849. Printed for C. Smith & Son, mapsellers, 172 The Strand, London. In a slipcase.

Smith's Map of England & Wales showing all the Railways, Roads, Rivers & Canals

Railway Maps & Plans

1849
Booklet, paper, 'Availability Circular - Gold and Silver Passes; Leather Passes; Card Passes,' issued by British Railways, 1 July 1965. Describes the availability and design of the various passes for railway staff. Doucment no. BR 7005. 31pp.

Availability Circular - Gold and Silver Passes; Leather Passes; Card Passes

Documents

1965-07-01
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers & Firemen (ASLEF) book "National Conditions of Service of Locomotivemen and Electric Trainmen," published March 1932. 253pp + index. Various manuscript notes on signals and map of SR affixed in the front.

National Conditions of Service of Locomotivemen and Electric Trainmen

Documents

1932-03