Essential Historical Materials for Science and Technology
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Essential Historical Materials for Science and Technology

Registration in fiscal year 2012

  [ Essential historical materials for science and technology ]

Registration
Number
Name (Model, etc.) Registration
Category
Location
/ Year Manufactured
Number 00093 Inverted Can Body Maker
─ Early automated can maker used in Japan ─
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Category 2
  • Shinagawa City, Tokyo Metropolis
  • 1912
Number 00094 Japan's first automobile tire
─ First domestic car tire ─
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Category 1
  • Chuo Ward,
    Kobe City,
    Hyogo Pref
  • 1913
Number 00095 Artifacts from Japan’s early Claude process ammonia production
  • Ammonia reactor base
  • Production diary
  • Ammonia separator

─ World’s first Claude process ammonia synthesizer ─
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Category 2
  • Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Pref
  • 1. 1923
  • 2. 1928
  • 3. 1930
Number 00096 Small Horizontal Diesel Engine, Model HB
─ World’s first practical compact diesel engine ─
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Category 1
  • Nagahama City, Shiga Pref
  • 1933
Number 00097 Long Play Record
─ First Japanese-made vinyl LP record ─
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Category 1
  • Minato City,
    Tokyo Metropolis
  • 1951
Number 00098

Button Type Melting furnace for Titanium sponge sample


─ Quality tester from the early days of titanium production ─
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Category 2
  • Chigasaki City, Kanagawa Pref
  • In around 1954-1960
Number 00099 Hitachi Parametron Automatic Computer HIPAC MK-1
─ Oldest surviving parametron computer ─
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Category 2
  • Kokubunji City, Tokyo Metropolis
  • 1957
Number 000100 Restored domestically manufactured mechanical refrigerator van
─ Original reproduction of the first mechanical refrigerator vehicle made in Japan ─
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Category 1
  • Kiyama Town, Miyaki District, Saga Pref
  • Chassis: 1961
  • Refrigerator: 1960
Number 000101 Agitator type full automatic washing machine (SC-AT1)
─ Oldest surviving fully automatic washing machine ─
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Category 1
  • Hitachi City, Ibaraki Pref
  • 1961
Number 000102 Model car commemorating the first electropainted vehicle
─ First domestic vehicle electropainting system ─
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Category 1
  • Kita Ward,
    Osaka City,
    Osaka Pref
  • 1964
Number 000103 Coin mechanism E-9130
─ First domestically produced coin mechanism for drink vending machines ─
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Category 1
  • Sakado City, Saitama Pref
  • 1967
Number 000104 AI Robot(ETL-Robot Mk1)
─ Early industrial hand-eye system ─
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Category 2
  • Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Pref
  • 1970
Number 000105 D10 Electronic Switching System
─ World’s first electronic switching system for car phones ─
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Category 1
  • Musashino City, Tokyo Metropolis
  • 1972
Number 000106 Early mixer used in production of water based polymer-Isocyanate adhesives for woods
─ World’s first non-formalin wood adhesive ─
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Category 2
  • Fuji City,
    Shizuoka Pref
  • 1972
Number 000107 LCD Calculator “COMPET” (EL-805)
─ World’s first LCD calculator ─
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Category 1
  • Tenri City,
    Nara Pref
  • 1973
Number 000108 Mitsubishi Non-Water Cooled Type Exhaust-Gas Turbocharger MET560
─ World’s first coolant-free gas casing for supercharger ─
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Category 2
  • Nagasaki-shi, Nagasaki
  • 1978
Number 000109 The first stereo cassette player "Walkman" TPS-L2
─ First iteration of the worldwide smash hit Walkman ─
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Category 1
  • Shinagawa City, Tokyo Metropolis
  • 1979
Number 000110 Distributed Control System CENTUM
─ World’s first decentralized control system ─
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Category 1
  • Closed to Public
  • 1979
Number 000111 TZ-801 car phone system
─ Japan’s first car phone ─
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Category 1
  • Sumida City, Tokyo Metropolis
  • 1980
Number 000112 Whole body CT scanner Model TCT-900S FLEET
─ World’s first helical CT scanner ─
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Category 1
  • Otawara City,
    Tochigi Pref
  • 1991
Number 000113 LCD Digital Camera QV-10
─ Forerunner of the popular digital camera ─
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Category 1
  • Shibuya City, Tokyo Metropolis
  • 1995

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