Babbage's Analytical Engine, 1834-1871. (Trial model)
1871
'Memento mori' watch in the form of a skull, known as the 'Mary Queen of Scots' watch.
1780-1850
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
Fowler's phrenological head
1879-1896
Sans Pareil
1829
Furness Railway steam locomotive 'Coppernob' 0-4-0, No 3, 1846
1846
Thumbscrew, France, 1601-1850
1601-1850
Rocket locomotive
1829
Laennec's stethoscope
1815-1825
Model of Grew's locomotive for ice
circa 1861
Thompson's Revolver Camera
1862
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
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
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
Early balance spring watch by Thomas Tompion
1675-1679
Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family
1760-1775
Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain
1791
One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889
1889
Table clock with quarter chiming by William Speakman
1690-1700
Marine chronometer by John Arnold and Son
1795
Wooden Acupuncture Model
1681
Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia
1847-1848
Arkwright's Water Frame
1775
Model of the "Planet" Locomotive
1830 (original); 1967 (model)
Phrenological head
1821
North Eastern Railway locomotive Aerolite
1869
Great Northern Railway 4-2-2 locomotive Stirling Single
1870