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

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1874

Midland Railway composite carriage

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1885

London Brighton & South Coast Railway locomotive Boxhill

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1880

Bell transmitter with membrane diaphragm, 1875-1877

Telecommunications

1875-1877

Pasteur-Chamberland-type water filter

Public Health & Hygiene

1884-1900

Thomson's Mirror Marine Galvanometer, 1858

Electricity and Magnetism

1858

Exercise chair, England, 1840-1900

Therapeutics

1840-1900

Sans Pareil

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1829

The Demon Detective camera

Photographic Technology

1889

Alarm clock, mounted on model of coffin

Anatomy & Pathology

1840-1900

Great Northern Railway locomotive Stirling Single

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1870

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

Telecommunications

1897-1898

Brake composite/observation saloon

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1897

Architect's model of S&J Watts' warehouse

Textile Industry

1850-1856

Carbolic steam spray used by Joseph Lister

Surgery

1866-1870

Copy of the receiver and alarm call of Schilling's electric telegraph, 1870-1877

Telecommunications

1870-1877

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

Electronic Components

1889

Cooke and Wheatstone's four needle telegraph, 1838

Telecommunications

1838

Hindu astrolabe

Astronomy

1870

Green glass Woulfe bottle, Europe, 1851-1900

Laboratory Medicine

1851-1900

North Eastern Railway locomotive Aerolite

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1869

Edison carbon button transmitter No. 32, 1878

Telecommunications

1878

Double duck-billed speculum

Clinical Diagnosis

1871-1900

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

Anaesthesiology

1847-1848

Decapitating hook, London, England,1851-1900

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1851-1900

Electric motor used by James J

Scientific Instruments & Research

1860

Cooke and Wheatstone five-needle telegraph

Telecommunications

1837

Model of the ‘Optimus’ water closet, England

Domestic Appliances

1870

Prototype of the Brougham carriage

Road Transport

1838

Micrometer type mechanical comparator

Industrial Metrology

1855

Cloth tape measure

Hand and Machine Tools

1850-1860

Whitworth Planing Machine

Hand and Machine Tools

c.1842

Dining Car number 76, London & North Western Railway

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1900

Crookes' spiral periodic system

Experimental Chemistry

1888

Magic lantern chromatrope slide: 'A Merry Christmas'

Cinematography

1870

Holmgren's coloured wool test for colour blindness, Europe, 1871-1900

Ophthalmology

1871-1900

Lancashire Loom

Textile Industry

c. 1880

Myoma Screw, Liverpool, England, 1871-1900

Surgery

1871-1900

Cooke and Wheatstone 5-needle telegraph, 1837

Telecommunications

1837

Rudge 'ordinary' or 'penny farthing' bicycle

Road Transport

1884

Thomson's Mirror Galvanometer, 1858

Telecommunications

1858

Strowger calling dial, 1900

Telecommunications

1900

Hughes' printing telegraph, 1860.

Telecommunications

1860

Ear trumpet made from shell

Audiology

1850-1900

Full dentures, England, 1890-1900

Dentistry

1890-1900

Single needle telegraph, 1846

Telecommunications

1846

Swan electric lamp

Lighting

1878-1879

Ordinary Chinese razor, broad blade, middle 19th c

Hand and Machine Tools

c. 1850

Gower-Bell telephone, 1881

Telecommunications

1881

Ribbon loom with jacquard head

Textile Industry

c. 1900