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DESCRIPTION Automatic musical box 'Penny-in-the-slot'
MANUFACTURER Geo Salter & Co, West Bromwich, Britain
INVENTOR/DESIGNER Paul Lochmann, Germany, and Ellis Parr, Britain
DATE c.1900
MATERIAL Wood, glass, brass, copper alloy, paint
DIMENSIONS 660x550x320
PROVENANCE Gift from L J Firkin in 1955
LOCATION Thinktank
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DESCRIPTION Edison Home Phonograph, Serial No H230922
MANUFACTURER National Phonograph Company, New York, USA
INVENTOR/DESIGNER Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), American
DATE c.1908
MATERIAL Steel, white metal alloy, wood
DIMENSIONS 315x395x220
PROVENANCE Gift from Mr H R Willcocks in 1971
LOCATION MCC
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DESCRIPTION Gramophone
MANUFACTURER Gramophone Company, London, Britain
INVENTOR/DESIGNER Emile Berliner (1851-1929), German/American
DATE 1905
MATERIAL Wood, paint, steel, plastic, white metal alloy, copper alloy, glass
DIMENSIONS 680x520x450
PROVENANCE Unknown
LOCATION Thinktank
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DESCRIPTION 'Jubilee' Telephone kiosk, type 6
MANUFACTURER Lion Foundry Co, Kirkintilloch, Scotland
INVENTOR/DESIGNER Sir Giles Gilbert Scott (1880-1960), British
DATE 1936
MATERIAL Cast iron, glass, paint
DIMENSIONS 2500x880x930
PROVENANCE Gift from British Telecom in 1986
LOCATION MCC
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DESCRIPTION Lighthouse Optic from the Longstone Lighthouse, Farne Islands
MANUFACTURER Chance Brothers & Co, Smethwick, Britain
INVENTOR/DESIGNER Augustine-Jean Fresnel (1788-1827), French
DATE 1873
MATERIAL Glass, iron, copper alloy, plastic
DIMENSIONS 4037x2000x2000
PROVENANCE 1873-1952: Longstone Lighthouse, Farne Islands, Northumberland ; 1952: Gift from Elder Brethen of Trinity House, Tower Hill, London.
LOCATION Thinktank
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DESCRIPTION Marconi -Stille Tape Recorder
MANUFACTURER Marconi Ltd, Chelmsford, Britain
INVENTOR/DESIGNER Kurt Stille (1873 -1957), Germany
DATE c.1933
MATERIAL Steel, paint
DIMENSIONS 1450 x1515 x760
PROVENANCE Gift of the BBC in 1953
LOCATION MCC
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DESCRIPTION Mechanical Barrel Organ 'Euterpeon'
MANUFACTURER Imhof & Mukle, London, Britain
INVENTOR/DESIGNER Imhof & Mukle
DATE 1851
MATERIAL Wood, varnish, lacquer, steel, brass, copper alloy, glass
DIMENSIONS 2900 x1875 x1060
PROVENANCE Before 1893: Lord Hastings; 1893-1958:Castle Museum, Norwich; Transferred from the Castle Museum, Norwich in 1958
LOCATION MCC
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Communication forms the largest part of the Science & Industry Collection. It includes more than six thousand tools and devices which have been invented for writing and printing, recording and transmitting texts, sound and images, etc.
The collection comes from the 18th-20th centuries, and reflects the rapid and turbulent development of various techniques, from calligraphic writing to recent electronic technologies.
The collection includes - the first copying machine invented by James Watt; the praxinoscope - a table toy of the 19th century, the predecessor of the cinema; typewriters and cameras; Thomas A. Edison's early Dictophone; the Marconi-Stille audio recorder used at the BBC during the Second World War; the outstanding collection of writing equipment formed by Charles Thomas; various musical boxes and players, and much more
These objects can be seen on display at Thinktank, and also at MCC by appointment.
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