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Brake van, London & South Western Railway

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1894

'Sociable' horse drawn carriage

Road Transport

1895

letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

Telecommunications

1893-4

Electric Oil Break Fuse

Electricity Supply

1898

Felt and Tarrant Comptometer, 1887.

Mathematics

c. 1900

Block instrument (lock and block)

Signalling & Telecommunications

1897

West Coast Joint Stock postal sorting van No 186, 1885

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1885

aerial inductances, 1901

Radio Communication

1901

Strowger calling dial, 1900

Telecommunications

1900

Experimental transmitting ‘jigger’ used by the Marconi Company, 1899

Radio Communication

1899

Foucault Pendulum for demonstrating the Earth's rotation, 1883

Astronomy

1883
Original Tesla Induction Motor presented by Tesla to Prof. Ayrton

Original Tesla induction motor, 1887-1888.

Electricity Supply

1887-1888

Cast steel pressure cooker by A. Kendrick & Sons, 1885-1895.

Domestic Appliances

1885-1895

East Coast Joint Stock, 3rd Class railway carriage, 1898

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1898

Presentation scissors, SS Vienna

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1894

DC electricity meter, made by

Electricity Supply

c.1900

Pendant in form of plastic model of "Heinz" gherkin

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1885-1895

Water pipe from Water Street, Manchester

Water Supply & Sanitation

1890-1899

Great Western Railway locomotive headlamp

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1897

X-ray tube

X-rays

1895-1899

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

Electronic Components

1889

'Italian Navy' detector, 1899-1901

Radio Communication

1899-1901

checked cloth sample

Textile Industry

1900

Underwood Typewriter, 1897

Printing & Writing

1897

Plaster model of a human eye, France, 1884

Anatomy & Pathology

1884

great western railway royal cigarette case

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1897

Silver medal, commemorates the International Health Exhibition

Wellcome Medals

1884

Fabric bolt end

Textile Industry

c1900

Steam locomotive 'Handyman' 0-4-0ST, No 573

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1900

Platt Brothers Notice

Textile Industry

1899

Hank Winding Machine

Textile Industry

1897

Braiding Machine

Textile Industry

c.1900

Model pipe with funnel top

Domestic Appliances

1895

Spark gap or knob coherer, 1889

Radio Communication

1889

Carding engine

Textile Industry

1896

X-ray installation

X-rays

1896-1897

paper tensile tester

Papermaking

c.1900

Drawing frame

Textile Industry

1901

Platt Brothers Notice

Textile Industry

1898

Anthropomorphic iris root

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1891-1900

Model of toilet bowl section

Domestic Appliances

1895

Great Western Railway locomotive headlamp

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1897

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

Telecommunications

1888

Model of hygienic sanitary appliance

Domestic Appliances

1895

Model soil stack vent and pipe

Domestic Appliances

1895

Hertzian oscillator, 1890-1894

Radio Communication

1890-1894

Spiral spring coherer, 1890-1894

Radio Communication

1890-1894

Ring spinning frame

Textile Industry

1901

Model toilet cross section

Domestic Appliances

1895

Model sink and drainage system

Domestic Appliances

1895