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

1801-1900

Rover 'Safety' Bicycle, 1885

1885

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

1871

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Vaginal Speculum for Applying Leeches

1801-1830

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

1872

Whitworth Planing Machine

circa 1842

Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg

1801

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

1700-1850

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

1770

Obsidian possibly used in trephination experiments

1918-1920

Model of Wright Flyer

1903

Bath chair, United Kingdom, 1901-1920

1901-1920

Mill Engine

1903

Cubical polyhedral sundial

1751-1800

Snuff Box, England, 1771-1830

1771-1830

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

1780-1850

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

The Munition Girls

1918

Edison telephone, 1879

1879

Difference Engine No. 1

circa 1832

Great Northern Railway 4-2-2 locomotive Stirling Single

1870

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

1853-1857

Swan electric lamp

1878-1879

Thompson's Revolver Camera

1862

Sewing machine by Elias Howe

circa 1846

Hull Corporation telephone, 1900-1910

1900-1910

Orrery made by John Rowley for the Earl of Orrery

1712-1713

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

Oxygen cylinder used by climbers on 1953 Mount Everest expedition

1952-3

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

1872

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

1846

Rolls-Royce 10 hp, two cylinder motor car

1905

Lancashire Loom

circa 1880

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

'Openshaw' artificial wooden hand

circa 1919

Cammann type binaural stethoscope

1845-1855

Zoetrope strip: Badgered Cat

1860s

'Bell-crank' engine, c. 1799

1795-1805 (original)

Rocket locomotive

1829

Ribbon loom with jacquard head

circa 1900

Bo-Third Rail No D75S

1898

North Eastern Railway, locomotive 910

1875

Alcock and Brown's Vickers Vimy Biplane

1919

Thornton-Pickard Amber camera

circa 1897

The Demon Detective camera

1889

Wall telephone, 1880-1920

1880-1920

Dental Pelican for Tooth Pulling

1701-1800

Painted Marurassa mask

1771-1900

Disease mask for healing rituals

1771-1900