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Samsung microwave oven, 1990s

Domestic Appliances

1990-1998

Microwave dish

Telecommunications

microwave oven made by Sharp;

Domestic Appliances

1982

LG Electronics microwave

Materials Science Gallery

2000
Microwave transmission equipment, made by by Standard Telephone & Cables Ltd, 1952, and used for sending television programmes from Windy Hill, near Manchester, to Kirk O'Shotts, near Edinburgh.

Microwave transmission equipment

Television

1952; 1952

Microwave amplifier (2GHz) about 1960

Radio Communication
7 archive boxes

Microwave television relay link archive

Ferranti model RD13708 microwave equipment

Electronic Components

VX 9082 experimental microwave vacuum diode rectif

Electronic Components

Microwave device made from high temperature superconductor

Ceramics

Wooden model of London Post Office microwave Tower aerial galleries

Telecommunications

1960-1965

TWTA for high capacity digital microwave links TH

Radio Communication

Model of microwave radio station at Purdown, Bris

Telecommunications
‘Microwave Technology’ training manual aimed at food professionals / catering establishments

‘Microwave Technology’ training manual aimed at food professionals / catering establishments

Speedarange microwave oven, model 110A, serial no.1129. 60 cycles, 1500W, manufactured by Omnivend Corporation, 270 Duffy Ave, Hicksville, New York, 1962

Speedarange microwave oven, model 110A, serial no.1129.

Domestic Appliances

1962
3cm microwave apparatus, type 042.871, by Unilab, Blackburn, England, comprising klystron power supply, klystron transmitter, and receiver fitted with 100 microamp meter

Microwave apparatus

Science Teaching

1956-1979
Amana Touchmatic Radarange Microwave Oven, model RR5-6, manufactured by Amana Refrigeration Inc., Amana, Iowa, United States of America, 1978

Amana Radarange Touchmatic microwave oven

Domestic Appliances

1978
Written script for ‘Cooking on Another Wavelength: Microwave Ovens in Catering’

Written script for ‘Cooking on Another Wavelength: Microwave Ovens in Catering’

Microwave horn aerial and waveguide feeder unit for attachment to microwave horn aerial used at Harrow Weald Radio Station, c. 1965 – 2000

Microwave Horn

Radio Communication
'Hot Ice' Scraper, employing microwave heatable 'Thermapol'. It is used for removing ice from motorcar windscreens, by C21 Products Ltd, Cardigan, Wales, c.1999.

'Hot Ice' Scraper, employing microwave heatable 'T

Road Transport

c.1999
Ferranti microwave test bench.

Ferranti microwave test bench.

Scientific Instruments & Research
1 box

Papers written or collected by Mr Gordon Andrews relating to commercial and domestic microwave oven development and food packaging

1 file

Articles and industry publications relating to the early days of commercial and domestic microwave development and use

Espresso Presto ! six-cup microwave espresso pot. Made in Spain by de Galicia Vigo for Whittard of Chelsea, London. 1999.

Espresso Presto ! six-cup microwave espresso pot.

Domestic Appliances

1999
T-shirt. Back shows blackbody radiation curve of cosmic microwave background as measured by COBE satellite in 1989. Front reads ‘SCIENCE / IT WORKS, BITCHES’, a reference to the perfect fit between the data and predictions of Big Bang theory. Sold by xkcd.com, 2011.

Cosmic microwave background T-shirt

Art

2011
Frequency-scanned Planar-array Microwave Antenna, 1956-1960

Frequency-Scanned Planar-Array Microwave Antenna

Radar & Radio Location

1956-1960
Oil pollution monitor - microwave oil detector - by Harwell Instruments, type 954007-1, serial no.017, 1993

Oil pollution monitor - microwave oil detector - b

Environmental Science & Technology

1993
Microwave cooker model HN 1102, for light catering or domestic purposes, by Philips, Eindhoven, Holland, 1967-1973

Microwave cooker model HN 1102, by Philips, c. 1968.

Domestic Appliances

1967-1973
Moffat Microwave Oven, model 4001, 240V, 50 Hz, AC only, 7.5 amps, frequency 2450 MHz, serial no.56-0467-10/02326-17520885. Made in America for Thorn Domestic Appliances ( Electrical) Ltd., 1975

Moffat Microwave Oven, model 4001, 240V, 50 Hz, AC

Domestic Appliances

1975
British Rail York-Newcastle Microwave Communication Link in use from 1964 to 1989. Part of the intermediate installation at Darlington Station.

British Rail York-Newcastle Microwave Communication Link, 1964

Radio Communication

1964
Microwave Spectrum Analyser comprising RF Section Model 8551B, Serial No. 825-02501, and Display Section Model 852A, Serial No. 813-02396, by Hewlett Packard, United States, c. 1965, complete with four interconnecting leads, two mains leads, a Model 908A coaxial termination, and two operating and service manuals

Microwave Spectrum Analyser comprising RF Section

Radio Communication
T.V. microwave link (E.M.I. type ML6A) - incomplete consisting of: 2 transmitter head units - type 6124A (Ser. no. 443851) and 6124B (Ser.no.999056); transmitter junction box - type 5565B; receiver head unit - type 6125A (Ser.No444051); receiver junction box - type 5566B and aerial-mounting tripod and reflector

T.V. microwave link (E.M.I. type ML6A)

Radio Communication
Radarmed microwave unit with three interchangeable heads by Robert Bosch Electronik, GMBH, 1965-1975

Radarmed microwave unit with three interchangeable heads

Therapeutics
Original cardboard box for Speedarange microwave oven, model 110A, serial no.1129. 60 cycles, 1500W, manufactured by Omnivend Corporation, 270 Duffy Ave, Hicksville, New York, 1962

Original cardboard box for Speedarange microwave oven

Domestic Appliances

1962
Airborne microwave wave recorder, in two wooden crates. Circa 1940s

Airborne microwave wave recorder, in two wooden cr

Oceanography
Sectioned magnetron as used in the Microwave oven

Sectioned magnetron as used in the Microwave oven

Domestic Appliances
Dysona Model 101 microwave oven by Dysona Industries Limited, Wokingham. c.1968.

Dysona Model 101 microwave oven by Dysona Industri

Domestic Appliances

c.1968
Sectioned microwave device used at the R.A.E. for work on electronic countermeasures

Sectioned microwave device used at the R.A.E. for

Farnborough

1950-1965
Five 20ml microwave crucibles made of compound quartz fibres, 1994

Five 20ml microwave crucibles made of compound qua

Experimental Chemistry

1994
Collection of electronic equipment from 4GHz Manchester - Kirk O' Shotts television microwave link, 1952

Collection of electronic equipment from 4GHz Manchester - Kirk O' Shotts television microwave link, 1952

Radio Communication

1952

Tellurometer for EDM (Electronic Distance Measurement), 1957-1962

Surveying

1957-1962
Sharp Carousel Microwave oven, Model R - 6950E. Serial No. 00711211. 240V;50Hz;1.35kW;5.9A; 650W output, frequency 2450MHz. Made in Japan by Sharp Corporation 1979.

Sharp Carousel

Domestic Appliances

1979

Tellurometer MICRODISTANCER by Tellurometer Ltd.

Surveying

High temperature superconducting antenna coil (HTS Antenna coil)

Ceramics

1997

Inmarsat B Satellite Lynxx Terminal

Telecommunications

c. 1995

Mullard KS9-20 Klystron Valve

Electronic Components

1944-1950

Solid state generator, 250MW output at 9.45GHz. Ma

Electronic Components
Espresso Presto ! six-cup microwave espresso pot. Made in Spain by de Galicia Vigo for Whittard of Chelsea, London. 1999.

Espresso Presto !

Domestic Appliances

1999

Telstar maser assembly with magnet, 1962-1967

Radio Communication

1962-1967

K-band reflex Klystron by EMI c. 1946. This instru

Nuclear Physics

1945-1950