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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

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

Geophysics

1876

Steam locomotive, 'Beattie Well Tank'

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1874

London Brighton & South Coast Railway locomotive Gladstone

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1882

Bell transmitter with membrane diaphragm, 1875-1877

Telecommunications

1875-1877

Edison telephone, 1879

Telecommunications

1879

Aveling and Porter steam traction engine

Road Transport

c.1871

Glass copy negative of Roundhay Garden Scene

Cinematography

1930s (1888)

Edison's electric carbon filament lamp

Lighting

1879

Great Northern Railway brake van

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1887

London & North Western Railway 'Hardwicke'

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1873

London Brighton & South Coast Railway locomotive Boxhill

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1880

A steam hammer at work

James Hall Nasmyth

1871

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

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1874

Swan electric lamp

Lighting

1878-1879

Model of the ‘Optimus’ water closet, England

Domestic Appliances

1870

Edison carbon button transmitter No. 32, 1878

Telecommunications

1878

Hindu astrolabe

Astronomy

1870

Great Northern Railway locomotive Stirling Single

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1870

Lancashire Loom

Textile Industry

c. 1880

West Coast Joint Stock postal sorting van No 186, 1885

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1885

Bell telephone, mahogany case, 1878

Telecommunications

1878

Treadle-operated 'Minerva' platen printing press

Printing & Writing

c.1870

Foucault Pendulum for demonstrating the Earth's rotation, 1883

Astronomy

1883

Robert Dudgeon’s sphygmograph

Clinical Diagnosis

1876

Rudge 'ordinary' or 'penny farthing' bicycle

Road Transport

1884

Foetal monaural stethoscope

Clinical Diagnosis

1875-1885

Gower-Bell telephone, 1881

Telecommunications

1881

Operation punch cards for Analytical Engine

Computing & Data Processing

C. 1870

Geometrical Groin Vault, string surface model

Mathematics

1872

Pair of Bell telephones, 1878

Telecommunications

1878

Hangman's rope, England, 1870-1888

Wellcome (general)

1870-1888

Single-lens Cine Camera by Louis Le Prince

Cinematography

1888

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

Telecommunications

1870-1877

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE

Set of six test tubes with stand, used by Joseph Lister

Microbiology

1875-1878

lithographic printing press

Printing & Writing

1871

Model of human eye

Anatomy & Pathology

1870

Midland Railway composite carriage

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1885

Ear trumpet and walking stick combined

Audiology

1875-1885

Table chronometer in a gilt-metal and glazed case by Victor Kullburg

Clockmakers

1870-1877

Mattei's electro-homeopathic treatments, Bologna, Italy, 1871-1885

Pharmacy-ware

1871-1885

Model which represents the paddle steamers "Queen Victoria" and the ''Prince of Wales''

Water Transport

1887

model sykes lock and block signalling system

Railway Models

1875

Model (scale 1:4) of pair of "Janney" couplings; model (scale 1:8) old pattern couplings

Railway Models

1873

Model vertical cylinder fire engine

Firefighting

c. 1885

Pyrophone

Acoustics

1873-1876

Decorated pedestal water closets 'The New Humber'

Domestic Appliances

1875-1885