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Rover 'Safety' Bicycle, 1885

1885

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

1871

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

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

1872

Swan electric lamp

1878-1879

Aveling and Porter steam traction engine

circa 1871

Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg

1801

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

1770

Vaginal Speculum for Applying Leeches

1801-1830

Great Northern Railway 4-2-2 locomotive Stirling Single

1870

Cubical polyhedral sundial

1751-1800

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

1780-1850

Thompson's Revolver Camera

1862

Difference Engine No. 1

circa 1832

Edison telephone, 1879

1879

Underwood 1 Typewriter, 1897

1897

Snuff Box, England, 1771-1830

1771-1830

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

1872

Cloth tape measure

1850-1860

Sewing machine by Elias Howe

circa 1846

Light-bulb, filament, carbon

About 1890

Schwann's microscope (no case)

1835

Operative Society of Bricklayers

1866-1870

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

1700-1850

Morse key, 1850-1870.

1850-1870

Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.

1850

Dental Pelican for Tooth Pulling

1701-1800

One of the First Rechargeable Batteries, about 1860

1860

Model of the ‘Optimus’ water closet, England

1870

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

1897-1898

Cammann type binaural stethoscope

1845-1855

Edison's electric carbon filament lamp

1879

Skaife's Pistolgraph Camera

1858

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

1846

Camera Obscura

1701-1752

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

1853-1857

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

Glass flask containing urine

1865-1877

Prototype of the Brougham carriage

1838

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

Writing frame for the blind, Stockholm, Sweden, 1871

1871

Magnetic key, 1850-1870

1850-1870

Rectal speculum

1870-1890

Netsuke depicting man with moxa on leg

1771-1800

Laennec's stethoscope

1815-1825

Travelling tea case in leather case

1895

Columnar Engine, 1862

1862

The Demon Detective camera

1889

Thornton-Pickard Amber camera

circa 1897

Watt's end measuring machine

1776