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Spencer Wells-type artery forceps, London, England, 1880-1904

Surgery

1880-1920

Great Western Railway steam locomotive 'King George V' 4-6-0 King class, No 6000, 1927

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1927

Holmes-type stereoscope

Photographic Technology

c. 1905

A steam hammer at work

James Hall Nasmyth

1871

Tower's handcuffs

Wellcome (general)

1882-1890

Snuffbox in the form of a ram's head, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1881-1882

Smoking

1881-1882

Richardson's galvanic amulet against diseases

Therapeutics

1881-1900

Hand-operated lithographic printing press

Printing & Writing

1871

'Cat's whisker' Crystal Radio

Radio Communication

1920-1925

Bell telephone, mahogany case, 1878

Telecommunications

1878

Sunglasses with dark blue lenses

Ophthalmology

1860-1900

Glass flask containing urine

Microbiology

1865-1877

Four scalpels and a hernia bistoury in case

Surgery

1901-1930

Mechanical hearing aid

Audiology

1935-1936

London Midland & Scottish Railway steam locomotive 4-6-0 5MT class, No 5000, 1935

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1935

Rubber vault cap

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1938-1940

Savoy Hill 'Meat Safe' Microphone Stand

Television

1923

Bottle of quinine hydrochloride tablets, London, England, 1901-1930

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1901-1930

replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

Telecommunications

1934

Statue depicting Florence Nightingale

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1851-1900

Calculating machine (arithmometer), Paris, France, 1880-1900

Mathematics

1880-1900

Differential stethoscope

Clinical Diagnosis

1910-1940

wall telephone using a Blake transmitter, 1880-1890

Telecommunications

1880-1890

Selenium cell from prototype Cox selenium-cell magnifier equipment, 1910-1920

Telecommunications

1910-1920

Reginald Southey with Skeletons

Photographs

1857-06

Experimental form of Marconi Company magnetic detector, 1900-1910

Radio Communication

1900-1910

Holmes' arc lamp from South Foreland Lighthouse, about 1860-80.

Lighting

1860-1880

Meerschaum tobacco pipe

Smoking

1880-1890

letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

Telecommunications

1893-4

German two-load left split-hook prosthesis attachment

Orthopaedics

c. 1940

Wooden prosthetic hand with rigid fingers

Orthopaedics

c. 1920

Protective face mask, United Kingdom, 1917-1918

Wellcome (general)

1917-1918

Artificial 'Bird Cage' right leg, Europe, 1913-1923

Orthopaedics

1913-1923

Artificial left arm, United Kingdom, 1914-1916

Orthopaedics

1914-1916

Hughes microphone detector, 1865-1875

Radio Communication

1865-1875

No 2A Folding Rainbow Hawk-Eye Model B camera

Photographic Technology

c. 1932

Caricature showing 'The State Doctor' during a cholera epidemic, Europe, c. 1854

.Unattributed

c.1854

St Hubert's Key

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1920

Gestetner's rotary cyclostyle no 6 duplicator (copier), 1902

Printing & Writing

1902

Whitworth Pillar Drilling Machine

Hand and Machine Tools

c.1860

Amy Johnson in her plane 'Jason'

Photographs

c. 1930

Operation punch cards for Analytical Engine

Computing & Data Processing

C. 1870

Baird Model B 'Noah's Ark' Televisor, 1928

Television

1928

Charlie Chaplin as a young man in Hollywood

Photographs

c. 1916

'Caerphilly Castle' Steam locomotive

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1923

Bersey electric taxi cab

Road Transport

1897

Voigtlander daguerreotype camera

Photographic Technology

1841

12-ton 3-Plank open wagon

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1936

English teddy bear: golden mohair

Materials Science Gallery

1920-1929

Cascade generator built at the Cavendish Laboratory

Nuclear Physics

1937