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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

Baudot five key keyboard, 1897-1926

1897-1926

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

1770

Three-ring Enigma cypher machine in oak wood transit case

1934

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

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

1935

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

1853-1857

Swan electric lamp

1878-1879

Thompson's Revolver Camera

1862

'Cat's whisker' Crystal Radio

1920-1925

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

Model of Leeuwenhoek's microscope

1901-1930

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)

200 series dial telephone, 1925-1935

1925-1935

'Openshaw' artificial wooden hand

circa 1919

Cammann type binaural stethoscope

1845-1855

'Prorace' cervical cap

1915-1925

Zoetrope strip: Badgered Cat

1860s

'Gynaeplaque' model, United States, 1925-1935

1925-1935

'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