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Mazda QP.240 battery double output pentode valve (McVitie Weston valve collection), 1935

1935

Mazradia E4M triode valve (McVitie Weston valve collection), 1910-1960

1910-1960

Post Office PO/VA No. 2 triode valve (McVitie Weston valve collection), 1906-1972

1906-1972

Solar charged and pedalled electric car

1981

Fabroil Silent Pinion type B, gear wheel

1922

Top-loading Electric Washing Machine with Mangle

Type C crystal radio receiver

circa 1925

Steam Turbine Blade of type used at Sizewell 'B' Nuclear Power Station

1990-1995

Steam Turbine Blade

1996

Steam Turbine Blade of type used for nuclear propulsion

1985-1995

Steam Turbine Blade

1996

Ten screws from the 700 series laser

1986-1996

Junior upright vacuum cleaner

circa 1930; 1920

Back wound betatron magnet by British Thomson-Houston Co. Ltd., 1947

1947

Rainbow picture with a rabbit and "Get Well Soon"

2020

700 series laser, made by Lumonics.

1986-1996

Replica bladed turbine disc made by GEC Turbine Generators Limited

1980

loudspeaker

1923

Steam Turbine Blade of type used at Sizewell 'B' stage 7

1990-1995

Plastic tube component from the 700 series laser

1986-1996

Fabroil 'A' type material

1922

Plastic component from the 700 series laser

1986-1996

Aluminium component from the 700 series laser

1986-1996

Aluminium component from the 700 series laser

1986-1996

Steel component from the 700 series laser

1986-1996

Sample of Fabroil A type material

1922

Ken Hooper Retirement Gift, Rugby Radio Station

1977

Loudspeaker by the British Thomson-Houston Co

1932

Type B7 Thermionic Valve

1912

Washing Machine

circa 1925; circa 1925

Stencil for a printed circuit board

1992-1996

Mazda coiled coil lamp bulb 100W

1940-1960

Willans Central-valve High Speed Steam Engine 1901

1901

BBC 'Bijou' Crystal Set Receiver Type 6

1923-07
Loudspeaker, cone type, by B.T.H., 1928.

BTH Moving-iron cone loudspeaker, c.1928

1928
British Thomson-Houston S.R.B. 16mm sound projector.

British Thomson-Houston S.R.B. 16mm Sound Projector

W.1 Jet Propulsion Whittle Engine. With test running log for W.1X engine, inv.no. 1946-26/2. (Note: test running log for W.1 engine is 1973-537).

Whittle W1 jet propulsion engine, 1941.

1937
Cine projector SUPA [Single Unit Projection Assembly) Mk. 1 and stand made by British Thomson Houston Co. Ltd., Rugby and Sound Equipment Ltd., London, fitted with Aperful Projection 4 1/2 inch, 114mm, f/1.9 Taylor-Hobson lens.

Cine Projector SUPA [Single Unit Projection Assembly) Mk 1

1950-1952
'Clinker' electric-mains-driven pendulum clock, in oak case, for 50 cycles, 200-250 volts, by British Thomson-Houston Co. Ltd., United Kingdom, invented c. 1931

'Clinker' mains-driven non-synchronous electric clock

1932
Set of component parts as used in manufacture of a Fabroil 'B' type Silent Pinion.

Component parts Fabroil 'B' type silent pinion

1922
Mercury vapour thyratron rectifier, resemble large light bulb with 4-pin socket at base, English, 1935-1960

Mercury vapour thyratron rectifier

1835-1960
BTH 401 16mm projector and speaker.

BTH 401 16mm projector and speaker

1952
Large circuit breaker; brass parts with wooden handle, and mounted on iron board. Manufactured by British Thomson-Houston Co. Ltd.

British Thomson-Houston circuit breaker

Locomotive test report, British Railways BTC Bulletin No 23, London & North Eastern Railway B1 4-6-0 No 61353, performance and efficiency tests with exhaust steam injector, August 1951, Rugby. (NRM Technical Archive Reference TEST/LNER/6)

Locomotive test report, British Railways BTC Bulletin No 23, London & North Eastern Railway B1 4-6-0 No 61353

1951
Locomotive test report, London Midland Region Report No R11, Performance and efficiency, Jubilee class 4-6-0 No 45722, To investigate poor steaming, October 1957. 7.874 x 12.5984 in. (NRM Technical Archive reference TEST/LMS/19)

Locomotive test report, London Midland Region Report No R11, Performance and efficiency, Jubilee class 4-6-0 No 45722

1957
Locomotive test report, Railway Executive Test Report R2, Class 5 4-6-0 No. 45218, test for performance and efficiency of locomotives with various valve gear settings, Rugby, January to May 1950, 23 pages, 2 diagrams, 15 graphs. 7.874 x 13.3858 in. (NRM Technical Archive reference TEST/LMS/16)

Locomotive test report, Railway Executive Test Report R2, Class 5 4-6-0 No. 45218

1950
Locomotive test report, British Railways (London Midland Region) Test Report No. R.4, Class 5MT 4-6-0 No. 44862, performance and efficiency testing, comparison of performance of the same locomotive when fitted with a clean or a dirty boiler, Rugby, January 1951, 6 pages, 4 graphs. 7.874 x 13.3858 in. (NRM Technical Archive reference TEST/LMS/18)

Locomotive test report, British Railways (London Midland Region) Test Report No. R.4

1951
Locomotive test report, Railway Executive Report R7, B1 4-6-0 No 61353, testing performance and efficiency, June 1953, Rugby. (NRM Technical Archive Reference TEST/LNER/6)

Locomotive test report, Railway Executive Report R7, B1 4-6-0 No 61353

1953
Locomotive test report, British Railways (London Midland Region), Performance and efficiency, Class 5, 2-6-0 No 42725 (Walschaerts valve gear), Class 5, 2-6-0 No 42824 (Poppet Valves), To compare otherwise identical locomotives fitted with two types of valve and valve gear, Special technical features list Poppet valves operated by Reidinger rotary gear, January 1957. 7.874 x 12.5984 in. (NRM Technical Archive reference TEST/LMS/14)

Locomotive test report, British Railways (London Midland Region), Performance and efficiency, Class 5, 2-6-0

1957
Report, typescript, Rugby Test Station, Superintendent Engineer's Progress Report, 28 March 1939

Superintendent Engineer's Progress Report, 28 March 1939

1939-03-28