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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

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

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1901

Felt and Tarrant Comptometer, 1887.

Mathematics

c. 1900

Great Western Railway locomotive headlamp

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1897

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

Ribbon loom with jacquard head

Textile Industry

c. 1900

Bo-Bo No 1

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1902

Two dried plant specimens labelled anemone alpina

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1883

Dried specimen of prenanthes purpurea

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1883

Bell telephone, mahogany case, 1878

Telecommunications

1878

borough market junction signal box

Signalling & Telecommunications

1895

Platt Brothers Notice

Textile Industry

1899

Hank Winding Machine

Textile Industry

1897

Marey's Camera for phronophotography

Wellcome (general)

1882

National Telephone Company directory, 1898-1899

Telecommunications

1898-1899

Lancashire Loom

Textile Industry

c. 1880

Anatomical model of the spine

Anatomy & Pathology

1901

Brake composite/observation saloon

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1897

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

Fowler's phrenological head

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1879-1896

Lenses from the Finsen lamp

Therapeutics

1890-1900

Model pipe with funnel top

Domestic Appliances

1895

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

Electronic Components

1889

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

Electronic Components

1889

'The Horse in Motion'

Photographs

1882

Robert Dudgeon’s sphygmograph

Clinical Diagnosis

1876

Original wheel or steel-disc coherer, 1902

Radio Communication

1902

Experimental microphone, 1878-1890

Telecommunications

1878-1890

Rudge 'ordinary' or 'penny farthing' bicycle

Road Transport

1884

L&YR locomotive, number 1008

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1889

Great Northern Railway, locomotive 251

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1902

Drawing frame

Textile Industry

1901

Ring transformer, 1892

Telecommunications

1892

Rover 'Safety' bicycle, 1885

Road Transport

1885

Billi condenser used for aerial tuning in Newfoundland, 1901

Radio Communication

1901

Receiving ‘jigger’ used by the Marconi Company, 1898

Radio Communication

1898

Billi condenser used for aerial tuning in Newfoundland, 1901

Radio Communication

1901

Block instrument (lock and block)

Signalling & Telecommunications

1897

Carding engine

Textile Industry

1896

'Dancing (Fancy)'. Plate 187 from 'Animal Locomotion'

Cinematography

1887

Steam locomotive, number 245

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1897