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Nucleic Acid Purification System

Nucleic Acid Purification System

1989
Fletcher Type Bunsen Burner, 1910-1913

Fletcher Type Bunsen Burner, 1910-1913

1910-1913
Weezap, Low voltage circuit breaker

Weezap, Low voltage circuit breaker

2017
Convector gas fire

Convector gas fire

1900
Test sieve

Test sieve

1962-1989
Fletcher & Co. gas cooker

Fletcher & Co. gas cooker

circa 1885
Gas cooker and kettle stand by Richmond & Co. Ltd

Gas cooker and kettle stand by Richmond & Co. Ltd

1897
Cast-iron 10 Radiant gas fire

Cast-iron 10 Radiant gas fire

Persil Washing Powder

Persil Washing Powder

ring gauge

ring gauge

1907
Fletcher & Co. gas griller

Fletcher & Co. gas griller

circa 1885
Copper circulating boiler made by Richmonds Gas Stove Co. Ltd

Copper circulating boiler made by Richmonds Gas Stove Co. Ltd

420A Amino Acid Analyser, England, 1989

420A Amino Acid Analyser, England, 1989

1989
Double-ended M 36 metric screw plug

Double-ended M 36 metric screw plug

1907
screw plug gauge

screw plug gauge

1907
ring gauge

ring gauge

1907
ring gauge

ring gauge

1907
250 micron sieve in three layers

250 micron sieve in three layers

Albany gas griller and stand made by Fletcher

Albany gas griller and stand made by Fletcher

1895
Ring measuring micrometer set

Ring measuring micrometer set

circa 1910
instruction sheet

instruction sheet

1940
Whittle patent infinitely variable gear

Whittle patent infinitely variable gear

1929
Part of the fly-wheel of an engine

Part of the fly-wheel of an engine

before 1889
'Celerity' gas instantaneous water heater with wall bracket

'Celerity' gas instantaneous water heater with wall bracket

1905
Double ended metric screw plug gauge

Double ended metric screw plug gauge

1907
Protein Sequencer, Warrington, England,1980

Protein Sequencer, Warrington, England,1980

1980
Whittle link leather belt with shafting and pulleys, on stand

Whittle link leather belt with shafting and pulleys

1913
Electromagnets by The Erasmic Co. Ltd., Warrington; England for original mass spectrograph by F.W. Aston.

Electromagnets, for Aston's first mass spectrograph, c. 1919.

1919
Portable cast iron gas fire with 8 tufted asbestos radiants, whereby t he asbestos held by the firebricks scintillated in the gas flames but the combustion gases were discharged into the room, ornate semicircular shape with rear flue, by T. Fletcher of Warrington, 1880-1900

Portable cast iron gas fire with 8 tufted asbestos radiants

1880-1900
Gas fire with 12 tufted asbestos radiants whereby the asbestos held by the firebricks scintillates in the gas flames, with ornate scrolled square sheet metal surround containing a primitive convector, matt gold effect, fire seems of later date than the radiants, by Fletcher Russell and Co., 1880-1930

Gas fire with 12 tufted asbestos radiants whereby the asbestos held by the firebricks scintillates in the gas flames

1880-1930
"Kingsway" New World all-enamelled gas cooker in fashion colours of cream and royal blue, with thermostatically controlled oven, grill, four burners and plate rack, by Fletcher, Russell and Co. Ltd. (Radiation Ltd.) Warrington, 1933-1937

Kingsway' New World gas cooker, c. 1935.

1933-1937
Plate mill, for making gold denture plates, iron, on four legged stand, by Thewlis, Warrington, 1880-1910

Plate mill

1880-1910
Asbestos-radiant gas-fire by T.Fletcher of Warrington, with coloured tiles, R.D. 14936, 1885

Asbestos-radiant gas fire, 1885.

1885
1 1/2" internal limit gauge (plug gauge), 1 1/2" external limit gauge (caliper gauge) and a setting bar; all Newall system of limits and fits, made 1907.

internal and external limit gauges

1907
Gas-fired hot water circulator by Fletcher Russell Ltd., Warrington, c.1920

Gas-fired hot water circulator by Fletcher Russell Ltd.

1920
A set of quarter-scale model nuclear reactor 'bricks' made by AMEC in Warrington. In a real reactor, these bricks are made of graphite and support and moderate fuel rods.

A set of quarter-scale model nuclear reactor 'bricks' made by AMEC in Warrington

2012
Cast iron converter for converting a coal grate into a gas fire, with 12 burners above which radiant cobbles would be placed, by Fletcher Ru ssell and Co, Warrington, 1890-1920

Cast iron converter for converting a coal grate into a gas fire

1890-1920
Small gas cooker by Fletcher Russell and Co. of Warrington, model no.37, c.1893

Small gas cooker by Fletcher Russell and Co. of Warrington

1893
Pair of foot bellows with large iron feet and leather bag, made by Fletcher Russell of Warrington, Cheshire, English, 1895-1900

Pair of foot bellows with large iron feet and leather bag

1895-1900
Ornate cast iron gas stove with 11 tufted asbestos radiants and intern al vertical iron tubes to circulate hot air and provide convected heat , for use in a large room or workspace, decorative ceramic tile at fro nt, by Thomas Fletcher of Warrington, 1880-1900

Ornate cast iron gas stove

1880-1900
Carriage key, North Eastern Railway, T-key type with square head stamped "NER Co" on one side and "Thewlis & Co Warrington" on other.

Carriage key, North Eastern Railway

Carriage Key, North Eastern Railway, T-shaped, square-headed key, made by Thewlis & Co, marked "N.E.R.Co".

Steel carriage key, North Eastern Railway

"Radiation" sink water heater, 80s., 1935 by Fletcher Russells of Warrington

"Radiation" sink water heater

1935
"Newlyn" gas storage water heater, 1934, Richmonds, Warrington

"Newlyn" gas storage water heater

1934
Gas cooker, The Warrington, by Richmond & Co. 'Property of the Manchester Corporation' cast on the front.

Warrington

Cardboard box, unused, in flat form, assembles to form box for packaging paint tins for transport on British Railways, to BR Specification D62127, by Alliance Box Co, Warrington, c1960.

British Railways cardboard box

1960
Radiation "Equator" water storage heater by Richmonds of Warrington, 1922

Radiation "Equator" water storage heater by Richmonds of Warrington

1922
Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor (AGR) fuel element cut away to show 36 fuel pins and the inner and outer graphite sleeve, by British Nuclear Fuels Limited, 1982

Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor (AGR) fuel element cut away to show structure

1982
Clay furnace by Fletcher Russell and Co., Warrington

Clay furnace by Fletcher Russell and Co.

footplate, labourer, cleaner, fireman, driver; trade union; local departmental committee; railway welfare; mayor; school; Warrington; jobs during childhood; father, railwayman in Goods Depot, unemployed from 1926; first job, cotton mill apprentice; fitter with gas stove manufacturer; joining Territorial Army, aged fifteen; call-up to regular Army, 1939; service during Second World War; demobilisation, 1946; first railway job, labourer, Warrington; progression from cleaner, passed cleaner, fireman, passed fireman; joining trade union, ASLEF, active at branch level; joining Labour Party; elected to LDC; appointed ASLEF Branch Secretary and District Council Secretary; founder member of Warrington BRSA; elected member of LMR Sectional Council; experience of line and depot closures; elected local borough councillor and county councillor; service as a JP; election as Mayor; active promotion of Welfare Fund; driver. d.o.b. 1923-01-01, railway work 1946-1988, Warrington;

Whitehead, Harry

2000-11-27