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Telling a history of our world through objects

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  1. Roll Test Edit Roll Test Edit Tell us what it says about a time, a place or a community. What does it make you think about history and the world? You ... Contributed by Individual
  2. Colossus World's 1st Electronic Computer Colossus World's 1st Electronic Computer Colossus was designed to break the Lorenz cipher, used by German High Command. Contributed by Museum
  3. the eye the eye My Father fought in the Second World War with the DLI and was seriously injured at the Battle of Mareth, in the North ... Contributed by Individual
  4. Travelling Microscope Travelling Microscope We believe that the travelling microscope was made well over 100 years ago and was used by my great great grandfather, a ... Contributed by Individual
  5. Miners safety lamp Miners safety lamp I grew up in South Wales and was surrounded by the coal mining industry. Journeys always had a back drop of pit heads ... Contributed by Individual
  6. Test tube with early Penicillin Test tube with early Penicillin This test tube, thought to contain early Penicillin from 1942, has been given to me by my mother. She was Ruth ... Contributed by Individual
  7. Embryo incubator for first IVF baby Embryo incubator for first IVF baby The fertilization of human oocytes in vitro was first achieved by Rober G. Edwards in 1968 but it was to be a further ... Contributed by Individual
  8. Kodak No. 2 Box Brownie Model E Camera Kodak No. 2 Box Brownie Model E Camera Kodak no 2. Box Brownie. It was the world's most popular camera and succeeded in making photography an activity for ... Contributed by Individual
  9. Brewster 3D photograph viewer Brewster 3D photograph viewer The Brewster Viewer is a Victorian stereo photographic instrument, for the first time people could view the world in 3D, ... Contributed by Individual
  10. Solar-powered lamp and charger Solar-powered lamp and charger A solar-powered lamp with a charger for mobile phones that can provide renewable energy to the developing world Contributed by The British Museum
  11. The Duke of Devonshire's watch The Duke of Devonshire's watch The watch is a dumb quarter repeater with (possibly) a slightly later lever escapement. It is signed Gregson, Hger du ... Contributed by Individual
  12. A small Davy Lamp A small Davy Lamp My Granddad worked in the mines with this Davy lamp nearly 40 years ago in Doncaster. He told me a story about what it ... Contributed by Individual
  13. Stop watch Stop watch A Barrington's chronoscope watch that is engraved "Donald Pain from Harold M Abrahams XIVth Olympiad 1948". It was left ... Contributed by Individual
  14. Hiroshima Jam Jar Hiroshima Jam Jar This object was recovered from the debris of Hiroshima after the world’s first atomic bomb at the end of World War II. ... Contributed by Individual
  15. Box Brownie camera Box Brownie camera The first Box Brownie model appeared in 1900. This is a model 2A, made in or shortly after 1916. (It still works!) It ... Contributed by Individual
  16. Mayflower Pilgrim Beer Mayflower Pilgrim Beer Cecilie Vavasour - 12/07/2010 This beer was brewed and bottled in Devon in 1970 by Courage (Western) Breweries to ... Contributed by Individual
  17. Travel Communion Set Travel Communion Set "Air Ministry" Communion Set Silver chalice and paten, glass wine and water cruet with silver caps, and a wooden host ... Contributed by Individual
  18. Car Indicator Original Plan and Design Car Indicator Original Plan and Design The traffic direction indicator is an integral part of modern motor vehicles but in 1915 nothing equivalent ... Contributed by Individual
  19. Video processor for Acorn/Â鶹Éç computer Video processor for Acorn/Â鶹Éç computer Acorn designed an early home computer for the Â鶹Éç in the 1981. The graphical display was assisted by this semi-custom ... Contributed by Individual
  20. Horse drawn hearse Horse drawn hearse This horse drawn hearse was made in 1870 almost certainly in London. The glass sided hearse was particularly popular as ... Contributed by Individual
  21. Tremayne wine bottle Tremayne wine bottle THIS OBJECT IS PART OF THE PROJECT 'A HISTORY OF CORNWALL IN 100 OBJECTS'. HELIGAN GARDENS. This type of glass bottle ... Contributed by Museum
  22. Swan Ink Bottle from bottom of Scapa Flo Swan Ink Bottle from bottom of Scapa Flo Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands to the north of Scotland is a natural harbour used by the Royal Navy for over 100 ... Contributed by Individual
  23. Negretti and Zambra Pocket Barometer Negretti and Zambra Pocket Barometer The make of this object is Negretti Zambra, and it’s dated around 1867. This company were active between 1850s and c ... Contributed by Individual
  24. LMS Railway dynamometer car LMS Railway dynamometer car This vehicle was used to test and record the performance of locomotives on the railways to enable improvements in design Contributed by Museum
  25. Viewmaster stereoscopic 3D viewer Viewmaster stereoscopic 3D viewer The Viewmaster is an iconic children's toy which has stood the test of time. The photograph inludes an original Bakelite ... Contributed by Individual
  26. Baird Televisor Baird Televisor This was possibly the last time a lone inventor working in difficult conditions (rented room in Hastings) and with ... Contributed by Individual
  27. 1960 Box of Clothes Dyes 1960 Box of Clothes Dyes A 1960’s packet of clothes dyes. Clothes dyes have been used for centuries by the textile trade and in the home to dye ... Contributed by Individual
  28. Sash Window, Building of Bath Collection Sash Window, Building of Bath Collection Have you ever wondered how a sash window actually works? This working model demonstrates the mechanics of the ubiquitous ... Contributed by Individual
  29. The Assembly Rooms Chandeliers, Bath The Assembly Rooms Chandeliers, Bath The Assembly Rooms are lit by a set of nine chandeliers, made for the building in 1771. Today they are considered to be ... Contributed by Individual
  30. Cat's Eyes Cat's Eyes The most brilliant invention ever produced in the interests of road safety. Created by Percy Shaw, Halifax in 1934. Contributed by Museum
  31. Oxy-hydrogen blowpipe Oxy-hydrogen blowpipe THIS OBJECT IS PART OF THE PROJECT 'A HISTORY OF CORNWALL IN 100 OBJECTS'. BUDE, THE CASTLE. The achievements of Sir ... Contributed by Museum
  32. Ingenious 18th century tobacco box Ingenious 18th century tobacco box This late 18th century metal tobacco-box has a clever surprise gadget ~ a hinged 'burning-glass' which folds inside the ... Contributed by Museum
  33. Mercury bottle Mercury bottle THIS OBJECT IS PART OF THE PROJECT 'A HISTORY OF CORNWALL IN 100 OBJECTS'. WITCHCRAFT MUSEUM, BOSCASTLE. Mercury or ... Contributed by Museum
  34. Elliot's shop Elliot's shop THIS OBJECT IS PART OF THE PROJECT 'A HISTORY OF CORNWALL IN 100 OBJECTS'. TAMAR VALLEY PROTECTION SOCIETY. How we ... Contributed by Museum
  35. Dock dung Dock dung THIS OBJECT IS PART OF THE PROJECT 'A HISTORY OF CORNWALL IN 100 OBJECTS'. SALTASH HERITAGE MUSEUM AND LOCAL HISTORY ... Contributed by Museum
  36. Election decanter and glasses Election decanter and glasses THIS OBJECT IS PART OF THE PROJECT 'A HISTORY OF CORNWALL IN 100 OBJECTS'. TINTAGEL OLD POST OFFICE. At one time ... Contributed by Museum
  37. Trewithen mirror Trewithen mirror THIS OBJECT IS PART OF THE PROJECT 'A HISTORY OF CORNWALL IN 100 OBJECTS'. TREWITHEN HOUSE. A Georgian mirror or a ... Contributed by Museum
  38. Opie's paint box Opie's paint box THIS OBJECT IS PART OF THE PROJECT 'A HISTORY OF CORNWALL IN 100 OBJECTS'. ST AGNES MUSEUM. This mahogany paint box ... Contributed by Museum
  39. Saracen's head crest Saracen's head crest THIS OBJECT IS PART OF THE PROJECT 'A HISTORY OF CORNWALL IN 100 OBJECTS'. PENRYN MUSEUM. The Saracen's Head of ... Contributed by Museum
  40. Tide Gauge No.5 for the River Clyde Tide Gauge No.5 for the River Clyde Shan Macdonald, Curatorial assistant for Scientific Instruments selected this object from the Hunterian Museum’s ... Contributed by Museum
  41. Glass beads for assaying alcoholic spiri Glass beads for assaying alcoholic spiri Shan Macdonald, Curatorial assistant for Scientific Instruments selected this object from the Hunterian Museum’s ... Contributed by Museum
  42. Photographic portrait of Lord Kelvin Photographic portrait of Lord Kelvin Shan Macdonald, Curatorial assistant for Scientific Instruments selected this object from the Hunterian Museum’s ... Contributed by Museum
  43. Silver Swan Silver Swan Musical automaton in the form of a lifesize silver swan which preens and bends its neck to retrieve a fish from water Contributed by Museum
  44. War Bonnet, Blood Tribe War Bonnet, Blood Tribe Swept-back bonnet; no trail; immature eagle feathers; ermine tails; pony bead browband and rosettes; felt skull cap. Contributed by Museum
  45. Roman enamelled seal box Roman enamelled seal box This Roman enamelled seal box was found at Cleghorn temporary Roman camp, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, and was picked by ... Contributed by Museum
  46. One of the First Electric Light Bulbs One of the First Electric Light Bulbs This type of electric light bulb lit Cragside House, the first home in the world to be illuminated by light bulbs. Contributed by Museum
  47. Adam and Eve by Eddy Wilderspin-Jones Adam and Eve by Eddy Wilderspin-Jones This stained glass panel was made by my late husband, Eddy Wilderspin-Jones (1955-1994). He used a traditional image ... Contributed by Individual
  48. Adam and Eve by Eddy Wilderspin-Jones Adam and Eve by Eddy Wilderspin-Jones This stained glass panel was made by my late husband, Eddy Wilderspin-Jones (1955-1994). He used a traditional image ... Contributed by Individual
  49. Glass from the Crystal Palace. Glass from the Crystal Palace. This item is a small piece of glass from the original building, known as the Crystal Palace, that housed the Great ... Contributed by Individual
  50. Folding glasses Folding glasses This is a pair of child's glasses from some time during the 1800s. They are particularly unusual because they have a ... Contributed by Individual

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