Column dial by Henry Robert
1831-1870
George III's pendulum
1762
James Watt and the Steam Engine Print
1860
Cubical polyhedral sundial
1751-1800
Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent
1783
Medal, Blanchard's balloon ascent, Nuremberg, Germany, 1787
1785
Medal commemorating balloon flight of Blanchard at Frankfurt
1785
Charles Green Aeronaut
1836
Medal commemorating first free balloon stratospheric flight of Professor Auguste Piccard and Dr. Paul Kipfer
1931
Cotton Bale Breaker
1911
Dye Sample
circa 1890
Dye Sample
circa 1890
Dye Sample
1916
Dye Sample
circa 1890
Wrought iron coffee mill with circular lidded hopper
1850-1900
Wrapping block
circa 1920
Sample of Acid Yellow Dye
circa 1890
Scutcher, made by Platt Brothers & Co. Ltd
1889
Ribbon loom with jacquard head
circa 1900
Woollen shawl
1880-1920
Half-penny coin
1806
Small white cup in soft paste porcelain
1748-1763
Replica of 1903 Wright Brothers' aero engine
after 1903
"Flammenwolf U" electric firelighter (German c.1935)
1935
Reason slot meter, c.1920.
1918-1922
East Indiaman Herefordshire
1815
Architect's model of S&J Watts' warehouse
1850-1856
Colour lithograph of the S.S. 'Great Eastern'
1850-1859
Portrait mezzotint print from engraving of Phelps Thomas and Bartlett John, 1778
1778
Addac adding machine
1926
Shelvador electric compression domestic refrigerator, c. 1934-1935.
1930-1940
Signal Block Bell, South Eastern Railway
1862
Silver medal, commemorates the International Health Exhibition
1884
Circular white metal medal
1830-1900
King George III's central forces machine
1762
Circular electric hot plate for domestic cooking
1892-1900
"Stebull" box shaped electric hair dryer
1920-1940
Hand-operated mill for grinding coffee beans
1880-1900
Charcoal-burning portable ornamental box foot warmer
1750-1850
Sugar nippers, 19th century.
1880-1900
Small printing forme representing Linotype set matter
1886
Ring spinning frame
1901
Water pipe from Water Street, Manchester
1890-1899
Marine thermometer by Negretti and Zambra
1890
Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral
1769
Small orrery by Benjamin Martin
1738-1777
Telephone crossbar switch, Swedish Ericsson, 1921
1921
The Improved Pedometer or Waywiser
1765-1806
Device for recording warder patrols in a Lunatic Asylum
1877-1897
Desk telephone transmitter and receiver (sectioned), 1926.
1926