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Babbage's Analytical Engine, 1834-1871. (Trial model)

1871

Infant's feeding bottle

1751-1900

'Memento mori' watch in the form of a skull, known as the 'Mary Queen of Scots' watch.

1780-1850

Model of Wright Flyer

1903

Brennan's Gyroscopic Mono-rail Car

1907

Small orrery by Benjamin Martin

1738-1777

Edison telephone, 1879

1879

Dental Pelican for Tooth Pulling

1701-1800

Napier's Bones

1690

Sun-and-moon dial by Elias Allen

1607-1653

Orrery made by John Rowley for the Earl of Orrery

1712-1713

Builder's whole, rigged model, of SS 'Great Eastern', 1853-1857

1853-1857

Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770

1770

Artificial arm, below-elbow prosthesis

1895-1904

Fowler's phrenological head

1879-1896

Box for 'Trilene' tablets, Europe, 1801-1900

1801-1900

Sans Pareil

1829

Furness Railway steam locomotive 'Coppernob' 0-4-0, No 3, 1846

1846

Thumbscrew, France, 1601-1850

1601-1850

Rocket locomotive

1829

Dissecting microscope used by Sir Ronald Ross

1890-1910

Laennec's stethoscope

1815-1825

Model of Grew's locomotive for ice

circa 1861

Thompson's Revolver Camera

1862

Bo-Third Rail No D75S

1898

Dover Castle turret clock

1632-1640

Gunter sector signed Elias Allen

1623

Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.

1850

Electrical chimes by George Adams

1781-1790

Rawhide bag for storing cinchona bark

1777-1785

Set of sixty miniature heads used in phrenology

1831

Barber's chair modified for dental extractions

1701-1800

Wells Cathedral clock, 1392

1392

Memento mori showing woman with half a head and half a skull

1801-1900

Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858

1858

Device for recording warder patrols in a Lunatic Asylum

1877-1897

Rover 'Safety' Bicycle, 1885

1885

North Eastern Railway, locomotive 910

1875

Anamorphosis Painting of Perspective View of a Ship Model

1744-1774

Rudge 'ordinary' or 'penny farthing' bicycle

1884

Astrolabe by Ferdinand Arsenius

1607-1618

Automatic telephone wall, 1900-1910

1900-1910

Strowger step-by-step automatic telephone exchange switch, 1897-1898

1897-1898

Hull Corporation telephone, 1900-1910

1900-1910

Oxygen cylinder used by climbers on 1953 Mount Everest expedition

1952-3

Vaginal Speculum for Applying Leeches

1801-1830

Amputation saw, Europe, 1501-1600

1501-1600

Bird cage from Sussex Lunatic Asylum

1872

Skaife's Pistolgraph Camera

1858

Britannia statue

1849