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Fergusson type speculum, England, 1871-1900

Clinical Diagnosis

1871-1900

Slotting machine, made by Sharp Roberts and Co.

Hand and Machine Tools

1835

Carding engine

Textile Industry

1896

Engraving of Theory of pulleys (Theorie elementaire des Poulies)

Langevin, Paul

1850-1860

Wooden statue of St Nicholas, France, 1801-1900

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1801-1900

Model demonstrating different types of eye sight, Europe, 1880-1900

Ophthalmology

1880-1900

gutta percha snuff box, 1820-1860

Smoking

1820-1860

Syntonic Leyden jars, 1880-1889

Radio Communication

1880-1889

Wax plaque showing a dissected female figure

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1801-1830

Tobacco jar, England, 1801-1900

Smoking

1801-1900

Edison telephone peg switchboard and pegs, 1879

Telecommunications

1879

X-ray installation

X-rays

1896-1897

Davy Safety lamp

Mining & Ore Dressing

before 1815

Crossley table telephone, 1879

Telecommunications

1879

Lamp cover for Thompson mirror speaking galvanometer, 1858

Telecommunications

1858

Shaving bowl

Public Health & Hygiene

1801-1900

Whitworth Planing Machine

Hand and Machine Tools

c.1842

Magnetic key, 1850-1870

Telecommunications

1850-1870

Platt Brothers Notice

Textile Industry

1898

wall telephone using a Blake transmitter, 1880-1890

Telecommunications

1880-1890

Ivory netsuke in the form of doctor and patient

Asian Medicine

1871-1900

Sir W. F. Cooke's original electric alarum, 1835-1840

Telecommunications

1835-1840

paper tensile tester

Papermaking

c.1900

The Dutton Viaduct on the Grand Junction Railway, over the Valley of the Weaver

Wrightson and Webb

1837-1840

Siemens and Halske's ABC telegraph

Telecommunications

1850-1897

Anthropomorphic iris root

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1891-1900

Dental key from set of blacksmith's dental instruments

Dentistry

1800-1850

'Old Age' statue, Staffordshire, England, 1801-1830

Orthopaedics

1801-1830

Wine glass possibly used as a culture glass by Joseph Lister

Microbiology

1860-1877

Plaque showing the development of a human embryo

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1801-1830

Ear trumpet made from shell

Audiology

1850-1900

Model of toilet bowl section

Domestic Appliances

1895

Device for recording warder patrols in a Lunatic Asylum

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1864-1897

Pen tray made of gutta-percha

Plastics and Modern Materials

1850-1900

Powdered graphite microphone, 1878-1890

Telecommunications

1878-1890

Mineral water bottle

Glass Technology

1801-1900

Great Western Railway locomotive headlamp

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1897

shoehorn made from brass rescued from thirsk disaster

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1892

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

Telecommunications

1888

Fauvel laryngoscope

Clinical Diagnosis

1871-1900

model, scale 1:8, of press for cutting out blanks

Hand and Machine Tools

c. 1808

Brass anatomical syringe

Anatomy & Pathology

1810-1872

Beale-type microscope

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1871-1900

Oval snuff box, England, 1807

Smoking

1807

Flexible tube hearing aid

Audiology

1801-1900

Model of hygienic sanitary appliance

Domestic Appliances

1895

Model soil stack vent and pipe

Domestic Appliances

1895

Hertzian oscillator, 1890-1894

Radio Communication

1890-1894

Pill cutter, England, 1851-1900

Pharmacy-ware

1851-1900

Spring detent watch by John Arnold, used by Ruth Bellville and family to distribute GMT c.1834-1940

Clockmakers

1794