Colour and black and white photographs, slide transparencies and negatives of the laboratories and staff testing products.

SA/BL/IMA/16

Balance possibly used for weighing carcuses in the laboratory or in a branch preparation area because of the meat hooks attached. The balance is capable of weighing up to 300 lbs.

SA/BL/4/101

Includes Bellingham and Stanley Ltd chemical analysis machine. Contained within a wooden box. Also has a plaque with J.S. Ltd 69/0419 and a bottle of unknown chemical.

SA/BL/4/100

Includes Sinclair fruit firmness tester.

SA/BL/4/99

Includes memo from R. G. P. Cox to Mr H. Robinski (Laboratory) dated 11/06/1960. Regarding colour samples on wrappers for testing.

SA/BL/4/98

Artificial leg used for testing tights, with 1 tight still attached.

SA/BL/4/97

Scales that appear to measure the thickness of thin objects such as slices of meat. Dial ranges from 0 to 1mm (40/1000 inches).Markings include JS LTD 60/4515 written in pen on the back and 100 gauge...

SA/BL/4/96

Two electrostatic locators with accompanying boxes and instructions. For measuring the build up of static electricity on surfaces.

SA/BL/4/95

Set of weights ranging from 1gram to 1kilogram in a purpose made wooden box.

SA/BL/4/94

Telescopic pocket calculator.

SA/BL/4/93

Closure meter that measures torque loads (in pounds and inches) for the application or removal of all types of screw cap closures. Comes with wooden carrying box and four pegs for use on the meter.

SA/BL/4/92

Aluminium cylindrical containers with detachable lids. Each lid features a raised inscription, 'Sainsbury's'. The containers were used store spices and peppers in the laboratories.

SA/BL/4/91

Analytical balance, model number A.D.4.. made by Stanton Instruments Ltd. of London. The balance features a central metal column topped by a short metal balance beam with a pan and a dampening pot...

SA/BL/4/90

Green cast metal bursting tester. The tester was used to measure bursting strength (a measure of resistance to rupture) in various materials. The test specimen would have been held in place by the...

SA/BL/4/89

Colourless glass bowl with a domed lift-off lid. There is a moulded glass fitting at the centre top of the lid to which rubber tubing can be attached. A smaller colourless glass bowl sits in the...

SA/BL/4/88

Long, rectangular, wooden platform supported by two wooden legs at either end which sit on a wooden base. There are eight round holes in the platform which correspond to eight wells in the base. ...

SA/BL/4/87

Colourless glass tube with a removable glass stopcock. The tube has markings on it from 1 to 25. The name of the manufacturer, 'INTERKEY' has been printed and engraved on the tube and the valve. ...

SA/BL/4/86

Colourless glass chamber with a tube at either end. It may have been used to measure out liquid.

SA/BL/4/85

Two rectangular, metal-plated, metal tubes, each divided into two cavities. Each cavity has an opening at one end and a cylindrical metal fitting at the other. The exterior of each metal tube...

SA/BL/4/84

Wooden handled knife with a steel blade inscribed, 'J.SAINSBURY LTD'. The wooden handle has a carved grip, is inscribed 'FAR 2325', and is attached to the blade by copper alloy pins. This knife was...

SA/BL/4/81