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CT2 wireless telephone test bed module representing base station, 1988

Telecommunications

1988

Picture painted by psychiatric patient, Suffolk, England, 1930-1985

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1934 -1990

Packet for 'Tenner' cigarettes

Smoking

1920-1950

Packet of 20 'Churchman's No.1 Special' cigarettes

Smoking

1920-1950
CT2 Test Bed Module representing handset, made by British Telecom Research Laboratories, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, Suffolk, England, 1988. Used for the development of a Telepoint system conforming to a Common Air Interface Standard with cellular radio networks, by British Telecom, UK, 1988

CT2 wireless telephone test bed module representing handset, 1988

Telecommunications

1988

testbed

Telecommunications

A trigonometrical calculator, British, 1826-1842

Mathematics

1826-1842

Steel rod associated with single-cylinder four-stroke petrol engine

Heat Engines (non steam)

1903-1905
Lawn mower, built by J. R and A. Ransomes of Ipswich to Edwin Budding's patent No.3157 of 1830

Budding's patent lawn mower No 3157, 1832.

Agricultural Engineering

1832

Six plain, flanged and spherical-type' Oilite' por

Mechanical Power Transmission

1957

Double thread chainstitch sewing machine with needle bar fee

Textiles Machinery

1856-1866

Case for Catt's calculating machine

Mathematics

Field cooking stove [model]

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1900-1930
Grain dryer designed by Roland Dudley and built by E. R. & F. Turner of Ipswich in 1929, for use at Linkenholt Manor in Hampshire in conjunction with a Holt combine-harvester.

Grain dryer designed by Roland Dudley and built by

Agricultural Engineering

1929
Brass and iron waywiser with wooden handle, by James Knights, Ipswich, England, 1739.

Waywiser, British, 1739

Surveying

1739
BT Test Equipment used in the development of the CT2 (Second Generation) Telepoint Cordless Telephone system. Two 19 inch electronics racks representing base station and handset, made by British Telecom Research Laboratories, Ipswich, Suffolk, 1989. Handset and base station, made by Ferranti Creditphone, British, 1989-1991. Handset, made by Shaye Communcations Limited, British, 1989-199. All conforming to the Common Air Interface Standard, CAI, 1988

BT Test Equipment used in the development of the CT2 (Second Generation) Telepoint Cordless Telephone system

Telecommunications

1988
Therapeutic limb cooler, made by Hospital Engineering Systems in Ipswich in the 1990s, developed at Oldchurch Hospital for post operative treatment on the orthopaedic ward - particularly following knee surgery, machine and trolley

Therapeutic limb cooler, made by Hospital Engineer

Therapeutics

c.1993
Grain dryer designed by Roland Dudley and built by E. R. & F. Turner of Ipswich in 1929, for use at Linkenholt Manor in Hampshire in conjunction with a Holt combine-harvester. With associated spare parts

Grain dryer designed by Roland Dudley and built by

Agricultural Engineering

1929
Kibbler by Turners, Ipswich, 1923

Kibbler by Turners, Ipswich, 1923

Agricultural Engineering

1923
Spare parts associated with Grain dryer designed by Roland Dudley and built by E. R. & F. Turner of Ipswich in 1929, for use at Linkenholt Manor in Hampshire in conjunction with a Holt combine-harvester.

Grain dryer designed by Roland Dudley and built by

Agricultural Engineering

1929
Compound monocular microscope with folding tripod foot, by T. Crickmore of Ipswich, 19th century

Compound monocular microscope with folding tripod

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1800-1825
Single-cylinder four-stroke petrol engine, C.5 h.p., 1903-1905, by Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Petrol Motor by Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies, c. 1903

Heat Engines (non steam)

1903-1905
'Hunter' two row self propelled sugar beet harvester made by Ransomes, Sims and Jeffries Ltd., Ipswich. c.1970s.

'Hunter' two row self propelled sugar beet harvest

Agricultural Engineering

1970-1980
Ransomes RSLD tractor drawn (automatic hitch) 3-furrow self lift plough with disc coulters. Lifting mechanism driven by land wheel. In production 1918-1946. This actual plough won the World Ploughing Match 3 years in succession

Ransomes RSLD tractor drawn (automatic hitch) 3-fu

Agricultural Engineering

1918-1946
Airy's altazimuth telescope and mounting, incomplete

Airy's altazimuth telescope and mounting, incomple

Astronomy

1847
A printed image of floodlit boathouse Lake and trees in Christchurch Park. Taken by unknown photographer in May 1937 Ipswich.

Wilderness Pond, Christchurch Park, Ipswich

Photographs

1937-05
Iron one-way plough, by Ransomes of Ipswich, 1850-1870, incorporating Lowcock's patent of 1843

Iron one-way plough, by Ransomes of Ipswich, 1850-

Agricultural Engineering
Engraving. Opening of the Eastern Union Railway, 11 June 1846. Published by Frederick Pawsey, Ipswich.

Eastern Union Railway

Pictorial Collection (Railway)
Engraving. Opening of the Eastern Counties Union Railway, 1846/06/11. Published by Frederick Pawsey, Ipswich (with key to figures present).

Eastern Counties Union Railway

Pictorial Collection (Railway)
Etching. The Eastern Union Terminus, St Mary Stoke, Ipswich, Suffolk. Drawn, etched and published by Henry Davy, Globe St, Ipswich. 1846/06/19.

The Eastern Union Terminus

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1846-06-19
London Transport poster. London Transport Collection by William Fenton, 1974. Exhibits with text above. Printed by W S Cowell Ltd. Copyright: London Transport Museum. Format: double royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches, 1016 x 635mm.

London Transport Collection

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1974
Notice. Borough of Ipswich. Public Meeting, 13 April 1853. (Request to the Worshipful Mayor of Ipswich to convene a general meeting of the inhabitants.....with a view to affording them the opportunity of giving public expression to their opinion of the hostile measures adopted by the Eastern Counties Company against the interests of the Eastern Union Company). Black text on white background. Printed by J M Burton and Co, Ipswich Steam Press. Poor condition; torn and badly repaired.

Notice. Borough of Ipswich. Public Meeting, 13 April 1853. (

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills