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

Computing & Data Processing

1871

three-nail microphone, 1875-1880

Telecommunications

1875-1880

Coherer with coarse brass turnings, 1894

Radio Communication

1894

Filings coherer, glass tube formed into T-shape at one end and bent round into U-shape at other end with bulb, 1899

Radio Communication

1899

Braiding Machine

Textile Industry

c.1900

Bell telephone, mahogany case, 1878

Telecommunications

1878

Platt Brothers Notice

Textile Industry

1899

Lancashire Loom

Textile Industry

c. 1880

Brake composite/observation saloon

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1897

Hank Winding Machine

Textile Industry

1897

Ribbon loom with jacquard head

Textile Industry

c. 1900

borough market junction signal box

Signalling & Telecommunications

1895

Felt and Tarrant Comptometer, 1887.

Mathematics

c. 1900

Great Western Railway locomotive headlamp

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1897

stock exchange automatic telegraph, 1872-1880

Telecommunications

1872-1880

Embossing telegraph receiver 1878-1900

Telecommunications

1878-1900

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

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1874

Le Prince Single-lens Cine Camera

Cinematography

1888

National Telephone Company directory, 1898-1899

Telecommunications

1898-1899

Model of the ‘Optimus’ water closet, England

Domestic Appliances

1870

Spark gap or knob coherer, 1889

Radio Communication

1889

submarine cable laid across the River Medina, 1878

Telecommunications

1878

X-ray tube

X-rays

1895-1899

Crossley telephone receiver, 1880

Telecommunications

1880

Wall telephone with Blake transmitter, 1880-1900

Telecommunications

1880-1900

Clockwork interruptor, once owned by David Hughes, 1875-1880

Radio Communication

1875-1880

One of Fleming's first diode valves, 1889

Electronic Components

1889

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

Electronic Components

1889

Experimental microphone, 1878-1890

Telecommunications

1878-1890

Rudge 'ordinary' or 'penny farthing' bicycle

Road Transport

1884

Carding engine

Textile Industry

1896

Rover 'Safety' bicycle, 1885

Road Transport

1885

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

Telecommunications

1897-1898

Steam locomotive, number 245

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1897

Steam locomotive, number 673

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1897

Midland Railway composite carriage

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1885

Receiving ‘jigger’ used by the Marconi Company, 1898

Radio Communication

1898

Geometrical Groin Vault, string surface model

Mathematics

1872

Sinclair line selector automatic switch board, 1880-1890

Telecommunications

1880-1890

L&YR locomotive, number 1008

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1889

Ring transformer, 1892

Telecommunications

1892

Submarine cable laid across the River Medina, Isle of Wight, 1878

Telecommunications

1878

Model demonstrating different types of eye sight, Europe, 1880-1900

Ophthalmology

1880-1900

Syntonic Leyden jars, 1880-1889

Radio Communication

1880-1889

X-ray installation

X-rays

1896-1897

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

Telecommunications

1870-1877

The Demon Detective camera

Photographic Technology

1889

Edison telephone peg switchboard and pegs, 1879

Telecommunications

1879

Gooch centrepiece, 1872

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1872

Experimental carbon pencil microphone, 1878-1890

Telecommunications

1878-1890