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One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

Electronic Components

1889

Queen Victoria's Saloon

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1869

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

Computing & Data Processing

1871

Rover 'Safety' bicycle, 1885

Road Transport

1885

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

Gustave Doré

1872

Louis Pasteur’s compound microscope

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1857-1865

South Eastern & Chatham Railway Class D 4-4-0 steam locomotive No 737

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1901

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

Meerschaum tobacco pipe with bowl in form of human skull

Smoking

1870-1910

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

Water Transport

1853-1857

Aveling and Porter steam traction engine

Road Transport

c.1871

Grand Junction Railway locomotive 'Columbine'

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1845

Rolls-Royce 10 hp, two cylinder motor car

Road Transport

1905

Steam locomotive, 'Beattie Well Tank'

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1874

Wall telephone with Blake transmitter, 1880-1900

Telecommunications

1880-1900

Lumière Cinématographe

Cinematography

c. 1896

Great Northern Railway, locomotive 251

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1902

Steam locomotive, number 673

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1897

Strowger automatic telephone, 1901-1910

Telecommunications

1901-1910

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

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

Hughes' printing telegraph, 1860.

Telecommunications

1860

London & North Western Railway 'Hardwicke'

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1873

Steam locomotive, named Lode Star, Great Western Railway

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1907

Great Northern Railway brake van

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1887

Edison telephone, 1879

Telecommunications

1879

Exercise chair, England, 1840-1900

Therapeutics

1840-1900

Bo-Bo No 1

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1902

Model of a Power loom for plain weaving

Textiles Machinery

1857

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

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1874

North Eastern Railway locomotive Aerolite

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1869

Mill Engine

Motive Power

1903

Artificial left arm, Europe, 1850-1910

Orthopaedics

1850-1910

The Demon Detective camera

Photographic Technology

1889

Cash register

Cash Registers

c.1910