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model London & South Western Railway steam locomotive

Railway Models

1903

Medical vibrator, 'Outfit No. 7' from the 1917 She

Therapeutics

1906-1917

Charlie Chaplin as a young man in Hollywood

Photographs

c. 1916

Coconut charm to ward off evil spirits, Papua New Guinea, 1890-1920

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1890-1920
Supermarine Rolls Royce Seaplane, S.6.B. S.1595 (with dummy engine). Winner of the Schneider Trophy, 1931.

Supermarine Seaplane, S.6.B. S.1595

Aeronautics

1931

Two thorns used for smallpox inoculation, Palestine, 1921

Public Health & Hygiene

1921

Unopened metal bottle of ether

Anaesthesiology

1891-1930

soho reflex camera, tropical model

Photographic Technology

c. 1923

Medicinal water bottle, Elisha's spring

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1928

Underwood typewriter no.5, made in NYC, early 20th Century

Printing & Writing

1900-1932

Bottle of water from the River Jordan

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1920-1930

X-ray plates

Radiomedicine

1914-1918

Brooch in the shape of a horseshoe with a riding crop

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1914-1918

Model vertical cylinder fire engine

Firefighting

c. 1885

Steljes ABC type printing telegraph receiver

Telecommunications

1895-1910

'Tabloid' medicine chest used on 1924 Mount Everest Expedition

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1887-1924

Original wheel or steel-disc coherer, 1902

Radio Communication

1902

Hen-feathered male Sebright bantam

Biotechnology

1914-1924

selector switch, 1903

Telecommunications

1903

Anatomical model of the spine

Anatomy & Pathology

1901

Central Battery transmitter (sectioned), 1903-1926

Telecommunications

1903-1926

two-valve short wave radio - telephonic receiver, 1927

Radio Communication

1927

Bas-relief head and shoulders of Guglielmo Marconi, 1903

Radio Communication

1903

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

Telecommunications

1915

Ring transformer, 1892

Telecommunications

1892

Drawing frame

Textile Industry

1901

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

Bottle of medicinal water from temple of Asklepios at Epidaurus

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1920-1930

Acoustic headband with ear trumpets

Audiology

1900-1930

Silicon crystal for wireless telegraphy, mounted in a locket, 1906-1916

Radio Communication

1906-1916

James Mackenzie’s first polygraph, United Kingdom, 1906-1910

Clinical Diagnosis

1906-1910

Throat swab used to diagnose diphtheria

Clinical Diagnosis

1901-1930

Glass tube from throat swab used to diagnose diphtheria

Clinical Diagnosis

1901-1930

Model smokebox

Domestic Appliances

1895

Medicine chest used by Teddy Roosevelt.

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1909

Animatograph camera by Robert Paul

Cinematography

1895-1909

Siemens Neophone telephone, 1929

Telecommunications

1929

Branly tripod coherer, 1900-1910

Radio Communication

1900-1910

Telephone crossbar switch, Swedish Ericsson, 1921

Telecommunications

1921

Zither switch with open-wire multiple and two-motion ratchet drive, 1894

Telecommunications

1894

Audio trunk cable specimen, 1925-1935

Telecommunications

1925-1935

Brownie crystal receiver and pair of Lissen headphones, 1924-1927

Radio Communication

1924-1927

Artifcial left arm, United States, 1915

Orthopaedics

1915

Coherer, ebonite, with adjustable contacts, 1890-1896

Radio Communication

1890-1896

Specimens of Pacific cable in glazed presentation case, 1902-1923

Telecommunications

1902-1923

Bottle of medicinal water from St. Rock, France

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1928

Circular unit of Finsen lamp

Therapeutics

1890-1900

Wooden chest, "South Kensington Lecture Cabinet"

Domestic Appliances

1895