Incomplete no. 00 machine. (This should not be destroyed until direct comparison has been made with /1, now on display - MTW 4/3/94) Incomplete no. 00 machine
Prototype machine for shrinking cotton cloth using the Rigmel system developed in 1931, invented by Alexander Melvile, England and made by the Bradford Dyers Association Ltd., Bradford, Yorkshire, England, 1931 Prototype machine for shrinking cotton cloth using the Rigmel system developed in 1931 1931
Original machine for etching glass with geometrical designs, invented by John Northwood, Wordsley, Staffordshire, England, 1865, and made by Stevens and Williams Limited, Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1865-1875 Original machine for etching glass with geometrical designs 1865-1875
Bacteriological culture spreading machine (prototype) developed 1967-69. Bacteriological culture spreading machine (prototype) developed 1967-69
Model of a `Heath Robinson' machine for splitting peas, made by the Science Museum workshops, 1972 Model of a Heath Robinson machine for splitting peas 1972
Model of a Heath Robinson machine for testing dentures, made by the Science Museum workshops, 1972 Model of a Heath Robinson machine for testing dentures 1972