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

1801-1900

Thumbscrew, France, 1601-1850

1601-1850

Rover 'Safety' Bicycle, 1885

1885

Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg

1801

Cat-o-nine Tails, United Kingdom, 1700-1850

1700-1850

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

1871

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

'Over London-by Rail', Engraving, London, England, 1872

1872

Southern Railway 0-6-0 Q1 class steam locomotive, No C1

1942

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

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

1770

Vaginal Speculum for Applying Leeches

1801-1830

Walter, William Grey

1910 - 1977

Difference Engine No. 1

circa 1832

Swan electric lamp

1878-1879

Mill Engine

1903

Cubical polyhedral sundial

1751-1800

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

1780-1850

Obsidian possibly used in trephination experiments

1918-1920

Edison telephone, 1879

1879

Molecular model of penicillin by Dorothy M Crowfoot Hodgkin, England, 1945

1945

Iron handcuffs with key, 1800-1899

1801-1900

Model paddle wheel engines of the SS 'Great Eastern'

1853-1857

Great Northern Railway 4-2-2 locomotive Stirling Single

1870

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

1846

Chinese Government Railways Steam Locomotive 4-8-4 KF Class No 7

1935

'Merman'

1801-1900

Model of Leeuwenhoek's microscope

1901-1930

Prestwich Model 5 cine camera used by Herbert Ponting

1910

Kodak "Retina I" camera with Compur rapid shutter, 1935.

1935

'Cat's whisker' Crystal Radio

1920-1925

Battery locomotive, North Staffordshire Railway

1917

Three-ring Enigma cypher machine in oak wood transit case

1934

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

1872

Alcock and Brown's Vickers Vimy Biplane

1919

Model of the SS Oceanic (1899)

1899-1919

Small orrery by Benjamin Martin

1738-1777

Tin of 'Allenburys' throat pastilles, London, England, 1920-1940

1920-1940

Snuff Box, England, 1771-1830

1771-1830

Cooke and Wheatstone's four needle telegraph, 1838

1838

Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.

1850

Marine chronometer by Brockbanks

1802

Packet of 10 'Gold Flake' Cigarettes

1920-1950

Empty bottle for Opium tincture tablets

1880-1940

Schwann's microscope (no case)

1835

'Lucky Jim' toy cat mascot

circa 1915

Maxim's 'Pipe of Peace', 1909-1910

1909-1910

Model railway carriage, 3rd class smoking compartment

1901

Prototype Rover gas turbine motor car, JET 1

1946-1950

Prototype of the Brougham carriage

1838