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Smiths De Luxe Wristwatch Worn by Sir Edmund Hillary on His Ascent of Mount Everest 1953

1953

Babbage's Analytical Engine, 1834-1871. (Trial model)

1871

Edison telephone, 1879

1879

Sony 'Trinitron' Colour Television, 1969-1970

1969-1970

Contraceptive Sponge

1920-1960

Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770

1770

Motorola tone pager, 1980-1990

1980-1990

'Memento mori' watch in the form of a skull, known as the 'Mary Queen of Scots' watch.

1780-1850

Vaginal Speculum for Applying Leeches

1801-1830

Model of Wright Flyer

1903

Nokia 1011 Mobile Telephone, 1992-1994

1992-1994

Ngetwa 3 herbal medicine

2005

Thumbscrew, France, 1601-1850

1601-1850

Philips TCD308 Mobile Telephone, 1997-2001

1997-2001

Steam locomotive, entitled Evening Star

1960

Compagnie Internationale de Wagon-Lits et de Grands Express Europeens sleeping car, 1936

1936

Model of Leeuwenhoek's microscope

1901-1930

Motorola 'GSM flare' mobile telephone, 1995

1995

Portable pocket face mask in plastic container

2000-2002

'Self-Conscious Gene' sculpture by Marc Quinn

2019

SR 'Ellerman Lines' 4-6-2 Merchant Navy Class sectioned steam locomotive, No 35029

1949

Chinese Government Railways Steam Locomotive 4-8-4 KF Class No 7

1935

British Railways Standard Locomotives Drawings

Drawings of the 'Great Eastern' steam ship

Hoover constellation vacuum cleaner with attachments

circa 1956-1959

Experimental diesel railbus, LEV 1, 1975

1975

Celestial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu

1603

Thompson's Revolver Camera

1862

Working replica of Rocket

1979

West Japan Railways Shinkansen 'Bullet Train', 1976

1976

'Cat's whisker' Crystal Radio

1920-1925

Three-ring Enigma cypher machine in oak wood transit case

1934

English Electric Company diesel electric locomotive 'Deltic' Co-Co 3300HP, 1955

1955

Liquid-filled Plastic Lens Television Magnifier, 1935-1965

1935-1965

One of the First Rechargeable Batteries, about 1860

1860

Packet of 10 'Gold Flake' Cigarettes

1920-1950

Obsidian possibly used in trephination experiments

1918-1920

Alcock and Brown's Vickers Vimy Biplane

1919

Device for recording warder patrols in a Lunatic Asylum

1877-1897

Southern Railway 0-6-0 Q1 class steam locomotive, No C1

1942

Mobile telephone motherboard (from mobile phone repair workshop), 1990-2013

1990-2012

Automatic telephone wall, 1900-1910

1900-1910

Ericsson A1018s mobile telephone, 1998-2002

1998-2002

Strowger step-by-step automatic telephone exchange switch, 1897-1898

1897-1898

Amputation saw, Europe, 1501-1600

1501-1600

Box for 'Trilene' tablets, Europe, 1801-1900

1801-1900

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Napier's Bones

1690

Foucault Pendulum for Demonstrating the Earth's Rotation

1988

Rolls-Royce 10 hp, two cylinder motor car

1905