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One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

Electronic Components

1889

Stephenson's Rocket

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1829

Compound microscope used by Joseph Jackson Lister

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1830-1850

Arkwright's water frame, 1775.

Textiles Machinery

1775

Queen Victoria's Saloon

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1869

Napier's Bones, c.1690.

Mathematics

c. 1690

Executioner’s mask, Europe, 1501-1700

Wellcome (general)

1501-1700

Rotative steam engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788.

Motive Power

1788

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

Computing & Data Processing

1871

Rover 'Safety' bicycle, 1885

Road Transport

1885

'Puffing Billy' locomotive

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1813-1814

Vaginal speculum for applying leeches

Clinical Diagnosis

1801-1830

Cat-o-nine tails, United Kingdom, 1700-1850

Wellcome (general)

1700-1850

'Merman'

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1801-1900

Coalbrookdale by Night

Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg

1801

'Over London-by Rail', engraving, London, England, 1872

Gustave Doré

1872

Iron hook from torture apparatus, European, 1501-1800

Wellcome (general)

1501-1800

Louis Pasteur’s compound microscope

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1857-1865

Wax anatomical model of a female showing internal organs, Florence, Italy, 1818

Anatomy & Pathology

1818

Pewter box for transporting leeches

Therapeutics

1801-1900

Joseph Jackson Lister's microscope, London, England, 1826

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1826

Thompson's Revolver Camera

Photographs

1862

London Brighton & South Coast Railway locomotive Gladstone

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1882

Dental pelican for tooth pulling

Dentistry

1701-1800

Edison Kinetoscope

Cinematography

1894

Carbolic steam spray used by Joseph Lister

Surgery

1866-1870

Glass female urinal, Europe, 1701-1800

Public Health & Hygiene

1701-1800

Oak wood statue of St Sebastian

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1520-1530

Great Northern Railway 0-6-0ST steam locomotive, No 1247, 1899

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1899

Steam locomotive, number 245

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1897

Snow plough, North Eastern Railway

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1891

Builder's whole, rigged model, of SS 'Great Eastern', 1853-1857

Water Transport

1853-1857

Wooden acupuncture model

Asian Medicine

1681

Difference Engine No. 1

Computing & Data Processing

c. 1832

Laennec's stethoscope

Clinical Diagnosis

1815-1825

Ivory dildo, possibly French, 1701-1800

Therapeutics

1701-1800

Aveling and Porter steam traction engine

Road Transport

c.1871

Grand Junction Railway locomotive 'Columbine'

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1845

Arkwright's Water Frame

Textile Industry

1775

Steam locomotive, 'Beattie Well Tank'

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1874

Islamic astrolabe

Astronomy

1666-1667

Water pipe, for smoking opium or tobacco, China, 1801-1830

Smoking

1801-1830

Wall telephone with Blake transmitter, 1880-1900

Telecommunications

1880-1900

Lumière Cinématographe

Cinematography

c. 1896

Steam locomotive, number 673

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1897

Small orrery by Benjamin Martin

Astronomy

1738-1777

Furness Railway steam locomotive 'Coppernob' 0-4-0, No 3, 1846

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1846

Midland Railway composite carriage

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1885

Britannia statue

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

1849

Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.

Textiles Machinery

1769