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Earthenware eye bath

Ophthalmology

1801-1900

Early submarine cables and grapnel, 1858-1866.

Telecommunications

1858-1866

Demainbray's optical model

King George III

1752

Marble reproduction of bust

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Plaster cast, Venus

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Hank Winding Machine

Textile Industry

1897

Square signed "J.Ramsden, 1757"

Mathematics

1757

Shutt End Colliery Railway steam locomotive 'Agenoria'

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1829

Pedometer by Spencer & Perkins

Surveying

1775-1794

Cloth tape measure

Hand and Machine Tools

1850-1860

NER 0-6-0 '1001' class steam locomotive and tender, No 1275, 1874

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1874

borough market junction signal box

Signalling & Telecommunications

1895

Bullion box containing lead shot

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1855

Altitude quadrant

Astronomy

1552

Architect's model of S&J Watts' warehouse

Textile Industry

1850-1856

Scale drawing of Nottingham Water Works Engine House, England, 1851-1860

Archive

1850-1859

Bell telephone, mahogany case, 1878

Telecommunications

1878

Braiding Machine

Textile Industry

c.1900

Print, 'Interior Tanks', a scene on 'Great Eastern' during the laying of the first Atlantic cable, 1865-1867

Telecommunications

1865-1867

Bell from Liverpool Road Station, Manchester

Liverpool & Manchester Railway

c. 1831

Huskisson Memorial

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1831

Brake composite/observation saloon

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1897

Adjustable dental pelican with two claws

Dentistry

1720-1800

George III's weighted cylinder

King George III

1762

George III's pendulum

King George III

1762

scale with metal stand for Thompson mirror speaking galvanometer, 1858

Telecommunications

1858

Cast iron Columbian printing press

Printing & Writing

c.1850

Water pipe from Water Street, Manchester

Water Supply & Sanitation

1890-1899

Model paddle wheel engines of the SS 'Great Eastern'

Marine Engines

1853-1857

Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway 3rd Class open railway carriage, 1834

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1834

Magnetic compass and sundial by Henry Sutton

Navigation

1650-1665

Print, 'Searching Fault' scene on 'Great Eastern' during the laying of the first Atlantic cable, 1865-1867

Telecommunications

1865-1867

Schwann's microscope

Microscopes

1835

Barrel and Device from George III's guinea and feather' apparatus

King George III

1761

Terrestrial globe by John Senex

Astronomy

1738

Half-penny coin

Textile Industry

1806

George III's cycloidal pendulum

King George III

1762

Small orrery by Benjamin Martin

Astronomy

1738-1777

Platt Brothers Notice

Textile Industry

1899

George III's compound engine

King George III

1762

Wooden tuning key for a stringed instrument

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1758-1769

Plaster mould of head of Apollo

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Long mahogany strip brass pin gauge with eight pins

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1758-1769

Flute foot-joint end

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1758-1769

stock exchange automatic telegraph, 1872-1880

Telecommunications

1872-1880

Great Western Railway locomotive headlamp

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1897

Felt and Tarrant Comptometer, 1887.

Mathematics

c. 1900

Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

Telecommunications

1851

Portion of the first submarine cable between Dover and Calais, 1850

Telecommunications

1850

sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

Telecommunications

1857-1858