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

1801-1900

Rover 'Safety' Bicycle, 1885

1885

Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg

1801

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

1871

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

1872

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Vaginal Speculum for Applying Leeches

1801-1830

Swan electric lamp

1878-1879

Thompson's Revolver Camera

1862

Edison telephone, 1879

1879

Difference Engine No. 1

circa 1832

Sewing machine by Elias Howe

circa 1846

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

1791

Great Northern Railway 4-2-2 locomotive Stirling Single

1870

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

1780-1850

Laennec's stethoscope

1815-1825

Aveling and Porter steam traction engine

circa 1871

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

1872

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

Iron handcuffs with key, 1800-1899

1801-1900

Cloth tape measure

1850-1860

Skaife's Pistolgraph Camera

1858

Underwood 1 Typewriter, 1897

1897

'Merman'

1801-1900

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

1853-1857

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

Prototype of the Brougham carriage

1838

Rocket locomotive

1829

Rectal speculum

1870-1890

Memento mori skull and crossbones

1801-1900

Schwann's microscope (no case)

1835

Watt's end measuring machine

1776

Columnar Engine, 1862

1862

The Demon Detective camera

1889

Thornton-Pickard Amber camera

circa 1897

Cape Government locomotive and tender 4-8-0, 1896

1896

Trough battery, 1801-1838

1801-1838

Morse key, 1850-1870.

1850-1870

Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.

1850

One of the First Rechargeable Batteries, about 1860

1860

Marine chronometer by Brockbanks

1802

Ribbon loom with jacquard head

circa 1900

The Dutton Viaduct on the Grand Junction Railway, over the Valley of the Weaver

1837-1840

Model of the ‘Optimus’ water closet, England

1870

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

1897-1898

Model of human eye

1870

Bullion box containing lead shot

1855

Cammann type binaural stethoscope

1845-1855

Edison's electric carbon filament lamp

1879

Oil painting depicting Robert Stephenson

circa 1850s