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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

Queen Victoria's Saloon

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1869

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

'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

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

Edison Kinetoscope

Cinematography

1894

Carbolic steam spray used by Joseph Lister

Surgery

1866-1870

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

Difference Engine No. 1

Computing & Data Processing

c. 1832

Laennec's stethoscope

Clinical Diagnosis

1815-1825

Aveling and Porter steam traction engine

Road Transport

c.1871

Grand Junction Railway locomotive 'Columbine'

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1845

Steam locomotive, 'Beattie Well Tank'

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1874

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

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

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

Photographic Technology

1839 (original); c. 1988 (replica)

Nasmyth steam hammer

Hand and Machine Tools

1845-1855

Queen Adelaide's Saloon, NO. 2

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1842

Thomson's (Lord Kelvin) First Tide Predicting Machine, 1876

Geophysics

1876

Glass copy negative of Roundhay Garden Scene

Cinematography

1930s (1888)

Sewing machine by Elias Howe

Textiles Machinery

c. 1846

L&YR locomotive, number 1008

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1889

Voigtlander daguerreotype camera

Photographic Technology

1841

Model of the ‘Optimus’ water closet, England

Domestic Appliances

1870

London & North Western Railway 'Hardwicke'

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1873

Hughes' printing telegraph, 1860.

Telecommunications

1860

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

Clockmakers

1780-1850

Great Northern Railway brake van

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1887

Caroline Herschel's telescope, 1795-1816

Astronomy

1795-1825