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

Electronic Components

1906-1972

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

Electronic Components

1910-1960

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

Electronic Components

1935

Washing machine

Domestic Appliances

c.1925; c.1925

Sample of Fabroil A type material, showing how it

Mechanical Power Transmission

1922

Stencil for a printed circuit board

Materials Science Gallery

1992-1996

Fabroil 'A' type material, 33 tooth, silent pinion

Mechanical Power Transmission

1922

Central-valve high speed steam engine, working model, scale 1:4, sectioned through one cylinder and crank case, Willans and Robinson Limited, Rugby, Warwickshire, England, 1901

Willans central-valve high speed steam engine 1901

Motive Power

1901

Steam Turbine Blade of type used at Sizewell 'B' s

Nuclear Energy

1990-1995

Aluminium component from the 700 series laser

Materials Science Gallery

1986-1996

Steel component from the 700 series laser

Materials Science Gallery

1986-1996

Type B7 Thermionic Valve

Electronic Components

1912

Replica bladed turbine disc

Motive Power

1980

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

Nuclear Physics

1947

Steam Turbine Blade, impulse type, of type fitted

Nuclear Energy

1996

Aluminium component from the 700 series laser

Materials Science Gallery

1986-1996

Ten screws from the 700 series laser

Materials Science Gallery

1986-1996

Type C crystal radio receiver

Radio Communication

c.1925

Plastic tube component from the 700 series laser

Materials Science Gallery

1986-1996

Plastic component from the 700 series laser

Materials Science Gallery

1986-1996

incandescent electric lamp

Lighting

c.1910

700 series laser, made by Lumonics.

Materials Science Gallery

1986-1996

Fabroil Silent Pinion type B, with 18 teeth of dia

Mechanical Power Transmission

1922

Model railway train set, approx OO gauge, OOO track gauge, battery electric, with electronic lights and programmable sound, `Matchbox Railways...trains that go everywhere! TN120', boxed, supplied by Matchbox Toys Ltd., Rugby, 1994. Overall: 475 mm x 654 mm x 108 mm, 2.78kg.

Matchbox Railways TN120

Railway Models

1994

Solar charged and pedalled Electric Commuter Car, Kerb Weight 160lbs. In 1974 Alan Freeman first started to think about using solar panels to power an electric motor on a boat, and a year later he developed Solar Craft 1. By 1978 a prototype for the Solar Car was developed initially made out of plywood. In 1981 road tax for electric vehicles was dropped to zero, so Alan registered and insured the car, and was able to be the first to legally drive a solar car on the road. Due to these developments the Solar Car was fitted with a fibreglass body and given an aerodynamic shape. The car probably couldn’t be used efficiently in Britain due to the low levels of sun, but could be more successfully somewhere like the Mediterranean.

Solar charged and pedalled electric car

Road Transport

1981

BBC Radiola 'Bijou' crystal set Type 6, 1923. Made by British Thomson-Houston Co Ltd, Rugby. 'BTH' logo in gold paint on top of lid. 'BBC' logo in paint on front of box. Serial No R23301.

BBC 'Bijou' Crystal Set Receiver Type 6

Television

1923-07

'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

Time Measurement

1932

Crompton dynamo, from Willan’s central-valve high speed steam engine, working model, scale 1:4, Willans and Robinson Limited, Rugby, Warwickshire, England, 1901

Crompton dynamo from central-valve high speed steam engine 1901

Motive Power

1901

B.T.H. Electric Refrigerator, Model AF2, No.47520, 215-250V, 50 c/s AC Single Phase motor. Manufactured by The British Thomson-Houston Co. Ltd., Rugby, England, and supplied by International Refrigerator Co. Ltd., London. c.1935

B.T.H. Electric Refrigerator, Model AF2, No.47520,

Domestic Appliances

1935

Central disc attachment for blades, on stand, from the replica bladed turbine disc made by GEC Turbine Generators Limited, Rugby, c.1980.

turbine disc blade

Motive Power

1980

30 blade parts of replica bladed turbine disc. Made by GEC Turbine Generators Limited, Rugby, c.1980.

turbine disc blade

Motive Power

1980

700 series laser, by Lumonics, Limited, Rugby, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, 1986-1996

700 series laser, made by Lumonics.

Materials Science Gallery

1986-1996

A printed image of a floodlit water tower. Taken by unknown photographer in Rugby.

Rugby water tower

Photographs

1937-05

5 thyratron valve rectifiers, resemble large light bulbs with screw socket and insulated lead, made by B.T.H. Co. Ltd., Rugby, English, 1935-1969

5 thyratron valve rectifiers, resemble large light

Laboratory Medicine

1935-1960

Sectioned model, scale 1:8, of the marine gas turbine fitted in the M.S. 'Auris', (c. 1951), the first merchant ship to be fitted by gas-turbine propulsion, by British Thomson-Houston Company Limited, with glazed case on table stand (see note).

Sectioned model of the Gas Turbine fitted in the M.S. 'Auris'

Marine Engines

1951-1953

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

Mercury vapour thyratron rectifier, resemble large

Laboratory Medicine

1835-1960

Steam Turbine Blade of type used for nuclear propulsion. Approximately 65mm long. Made by GEC-Alsthom Turbine Generators Ltd., Willans Works, Newbold Road, Rugby. Date of manufacture c.1990

Steam Turbine Blade of type used for nuclear propu

Nuclear Energy

1985-1995

Steam Turbine Blade, of type used in Hinkley Point Nuclear Power Station, intermediate pressure rotor stage 7, with integral shroud, 309mm long. Made by GEC-Alsthom Turbine Generators Ltd., Willans Works, Rugby, 1996

Steam Turbine Blade, of type used in Hinkley Point

Nuclear Energy

1996

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

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

Cinematography

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

Set of component parts as used in manufacture of a

Mechanical Power Transmission

1922

24 blade parts of replica bladed turbine disc. Made by GEC Turbine Generators Limited, Rugby, c.1980.

turbine disc blade

Motive Power

1980

"Circarc" gearbox, 1959

Mechanical Power Transmission

1960

Steam Turbine Blade of type used at Sizewell 'B' Nuclear Power Station, high pressure rotor stage 2, 156mm long. Made by GEC-Alsthom Turbine Generators Ltd., Willans Works, Newbold Road, Rugby c.1992

Steam Turbine Blade of type used at Sizewell 'B' N

Nuclear Energy

1990-1995

3 mercury vapour thyratron rectifiers, resemble large light bulbs with 4-pin plug at base, made by B.T.H., Rugby, English, 1935-1960

3 mercury vapour thyratron rectifiers, resemble la

Laboratory Medicine

1935-1960

Loudspeaker, cone type, by B.T.H., 1928.

BTH Moving-iron cone loudspeaker, c.1928

Sound Reproduction

1928

Report, typescript, Rugby Test Station, Superintendent Engineer's Progress Report, 25 March 1938

Superintendent Engineer's Progress Report

Documents

1938-03-25

Report, Visit to SNCF Test Station, recommendations for Rugby Test Plant, 21 November 1961

Visit to SNCF Test Station, recommendations for Rugby Test Plant

Documents

1961-11-21

Waybill, London & Birmingham Railway, Rugby to London, for the 12 o'clock train of 20th September 1840, for Mr. Jenkins for 13lbs of luggage.

London & Birmingham Railway waybill

Documents

1840

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

Superintendent Engineer's Progress Report, 28 March 1939

Documents

1939-03-28

Report, typescript, Rugby Test Station, Superintendent Engineer's Progress Report, 24 July 1939

Superintendent Engineer's Progress Report, 24 July 1939

Documents

1939-07-24