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Brake composite/observation saloon

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1897

Glass tube containing a portion of the first submarine cable laid between Dover and Calais, 1875-1913

Telecommunications

1875-1913

Spark gap or knob coherer, 1889

Radio Communication

1889

submarine cable laid across the River Medina, 1878

Telecommunications

1878

Shell fragment used as an amulet, Germany, 1910-1914

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1910-1914

X-ray tube

X-rays

1895-1899

Portable anaesthetic kit, Germany, 1914-1918

Anaesthesiology

1914-1918

Crossley telephone receiver, 1880

Telecommunications

1880

Wall telephone with Blake transmitter, 1880-1900

Telecommunications

1880-1900

X-ray plates

Radiomedicine

1914-1918

Hand perforator and copy stand for Wheatstone automatic telegraph system, 1890-1910

Telecommunications

1890-1910

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

Radio Communication

1875-1880

Fowler's phrenological head

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1879-1896

Obsidian possibly used in trephination experiments

Surgery

1918-1920

Lenses from the Finsen lamp

Therapeutics

1890-1900

Coin operated toilet lock

Public Health & Hygiene

1890-1930

Model pipe with funnel top

Domestic Appliances

1895

Artificial leg made for a child, England, 1903

Orthopaedics

1903

Wooden figure of pregnant female

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1920

Wooden Kareau statue

Asian Medicine

1880-1925

Bottle of water from the River Jordan

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1920-1930

Amuletic hand to avert the 'evil eye'

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1925

Brooch in the shape of a horseshoe with a riding crop

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1914-1918

St Hubert's Key

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1920

Model of Leeuwenhoek's microscope

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1901-1930

Left prosthetic leg, Cyprus, 1914-1918

Orthopaedics

1914-1918

Life size female anatomical figure

Anatomy & Pathology

1895-1905

Steljes ABC type printing telegraph receiver

Telecommunications

1895-1910

Pocket inhaler, London, England, 1901-1918

Therapeutics

1901-1918

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

Four scalpels and a hernia bistoury in case

Surgery

1901-1930

'Tabloid' medicine chest used on 1924 Mount Everest Expedition

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1887-1924

Calliper used to measure head size

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1886-1927

Original wheel or steel-disc coherer, 1902

Radio Communication

1902

Stock ticker for Stock exchange printing telegraph, 1907

Telecommunications

1907

Receiver printer for stock exchange printing telegraph, 1907

Telecommunications

1907

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

'Leiber's Five Letter American Telegraph Code', book issued 1915

Telecommunications

1915

Drawing frame

Textile Industry

1901

Central Battery transmitter (sectioned), 1903-1926

Telecommunications

1903-1926

Director switching device, 1927

Telecommunications

1927

two-valve short wave radio - telephonic receiver, 1927

Radio Communication

1927

Low power transportable radio transmitter in teak case, 1920-1930

Radio Communication

1920-1930

Bas-relief head and shoulders of Guglielmo Marconi, 1903

Radio Communication

1903