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Hank Winding Machine

Textile Industry

1897

Bo-Bo No 1

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1902

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

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1874

Ribbon loom with jacquard head

Textile Industry

c. 1900

borough market junction signal box

Signalling & Telecommunications

1895

Bell telephone, mahogany case, 1878

Telecommunications

1878

Braiding Machine

Textile Industry

c.1900

Brake composite/observation saloon

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1897

Water pipe from Water Street, Manchester

Water Supply & Sanitation

1890-1899

Platt Brothers Notice

Textile Industry

1899

stock exchange automatic telegraph, 1872-1880

Telecommunications

1872-1880

Anatomical model of the spine

Anatomy & Pathology

1901

Model of human eye

Anatomy & Pathology

1870

Lancashire Loom

Textile Industry

c. 1880

Single-lens Cine Camera by Louis Le Prince

Cinematography

1888

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

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1901

Experimental microphone, 1878-1890

Telecommunications

1878-1890

Embossing telegraph receiver 1878-1900

Telecommunications

1878-1900

Great Western Railway locomotive headlamp

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1897

selector switch, 1903

Telecommunications

1903

National Telephone Company directory, 1898-1899

Telecommunications

1898-1899

Experimental form 1 (Licence to use Wireless Telegraph), 1905

Radio Communication

1905

Felt and Tarrant Comptometer, 1887.

Mathematics

c. 1900

Model vertical cylinder fire engine

Firefighting

c. 1885

Model of the ‘Optimus’ water closet, England

Domestic Appliances

1870

Original wheel or steel-disc coherer, 1902

Radio Communication

1902

Model pipe with funnel top

Domestic Appliances

1895

submarine cable laid across the River Medina, 1878

Telecommunications

1878

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

Radio Communication

1875-1880

X-ray tube

X-rays

1895-1899

Fowler's phrenological head

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1879-1896

Lenses from the Finsen lamp

Therapeutics

1890-1900

Life size female anatomical figure

Anatomy & Pathology

1895-1905

Artificial leg made for a child, England, 1903

Orthopaedics

1903

Crossley telephone receiver, 1880

Telecommunications

1880

Wall telephone with Blake transmitter, 1880-1900

Telecommunications

1880-1900

Spark gap or knob coherer, 1889

Radio Communication

1889

Robert Dudgeon’s sphygmograph

Clinical Diagnosis

1876

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

Electronic Components

1889

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

Electronic Components

1889

Saw bench

Hand and Machine Tools

1879

Carding engine

Textile Industry

1896

Ring transformer, 1892

Telecommunications

1892

Bas-relief head and shoulders of Guglielmo Marconi, 1903

Radio Communication

1903

Steam locomotive, number 245

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1897

Rudge 'ordinary' or 'penny farthing' bicycle

Road Transport

1884

Drawing frame

Textile Industry

1901

Block instrument (lock and block)

Signalling & Telecommunications

1897

Steam locomotive, number 673

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1897

Midland Railway composite carriage

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1885