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Framed poster advocating vaccination against smallpox

Public Health & Hygiene

1923

Meerschaum tobacco pipe with bowl in form of human skull

Smoking

1870-1910

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

Computing & Data Processing

1871

Rover 'Safety' bicycle, 1885

Road Transport

1885

Queen Victoria's Saloon

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1869

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

Gustave Doré

1872

Louis Pasteur’s compound microscope

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1857-1865

Spinning mule

Textile Industry

1927

Battery locomotive, North Staffordshire Railway

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1917

'Jason I', de Havilland DH.60G Gipsy Moth

Aeronautics

1928

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

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1901

Short Magazine Mark III Lee Enfield .303 rifle (deactivated)

Public Health & Hygiene

c. 1917

Model of a Power loom for plain weaving

Textiles Machinery

1857

Thompson's Revolver Camera

Photographs

1862

Single-lens Cine Camera by Louis Le Prince

Cinematography

1888

Edison Kinetoscope

Cinematography

1894

Great Northern Railway 0-6-0ST steam locomotive, No 1247, 1899

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1899

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

Water Transport

1853-1857

Lumière Cinématographe

Cinematography

c. 1896

Bottle of Alertis Cordial, United States, 1901-1920

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1901-1920

Alcock and Brown's Vickers Vimy biplane

Aeronautics

1919

The Munition Girls

Stanhope Alexander Forbes

1918

Alarm whistle for use by psychiatric warders

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1890-1914

London Brighton & South Coast Railway locomotive Gladstone

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1882

Steam locomotive, number 245

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1897

Power loom

Textiles Machinery

1926

Wall telephone with Blake transmitter, 1880-1900

Telecommunications

1880-1900

'Prorace' cervical cap

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1915-1925

Rolls-Royce 10 hp, two cylinder motor car

Road Transport

1905

L&YR locomotive, number 1008

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1889

ceramic tile map of north eastern railway

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

1900, about

Aveling and Porter steam traction engine

Road Transport

c.1871

Three-valve radio receiver, 1922-1925

Radio Communication

1922-1925

Anderson-type obstetrical forceps, United Kingdom, 1901-1930

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1901-1930

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

Geophysics

1876

Glass copy negative of Roundhay Garden Scene

Cinematography

1930s (1888)

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

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1874

London & North Western Railway 'Hardwicke'

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1873

Artificial arm, below-elbow prosthesis

Orthopaedics

1895-1904

The Demon Detective camera

Photographic Technology

1889

Strowger automatic telephone, 1901-1910

Telecommunications

1901-1910

Toothbrush with horsehair bristles, London, England, 1870-1920

Dentistry

1870-1920

Gecophone crystal detector radio set no. 1, 1923

Radio Communication

1923

Snow plough, North Eastern Railway

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1891

Steam locomotive, 'Beattie Well Tank'

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1874

Pullman Car Company, called Topaz

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1913

A stchoty, Russian abacus.

Mathematics

1901-1930

Coin operated toilet lock

Public Health & Hygiene

1890-1930

Steam locomotive, number 673

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1897

London Brighton & South Coast Railway locomotive Boxhill

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1880