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Barber-Colman knotter.

circa 1925

Original vacuum cleaner, from to Royal Naval College

1905

Obsidian possibly used in trephination experiments

1918-1920

Model of Wright Flyer

1903

The Munition Girls

1918

Alcock and Brown's Vickers Vimy Biplane

1919

Mill Engine

1903

'Cat's whisker' Crystal Radio

1920-1925

Gecophone Crystal Detector Radio Set No. 1, 1923

1923

Gas mask, Germany, 1915-1918

1915-1918

Rolls-Royce 10 hp, two cylinder motor car

1905

Oxygen cylinder used by climbers on 1953 Mount Everest expedition

1952-3

Strowger automatic telephone, 1901-1910

1901-1910

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

1897-1898

Battery locomotive, North Staffordshire Railway

1917

Mallock-Armstrong ear defenders, London, England, 1914-1918

1914-1918

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Model of the SS Oceanic (1899)

1899-1919

National Cash Register co model 422X cash register

circa 1910

Steam locomotive, named Lode Star, Great Western Railway

1907

Pullman Car Company, called Topaz

1913

Hull Corporation telephone, 1900-1910

1900-1910

Petrol locomotive

1925

Underwood 1 Typewriter, 1897

1897

'Lucky Jim' toy cat mascot

circa 1915

Ceramic tile map of North Eastern Railway

circa 1900

Marconi-Sykes magnetophone

1923

Spinning Mule

1927

Ribbon loom with jacquard head

circa 1900

Replica of 1903 Wright Brothers' aero engine

after 1903

Maxim's 'Pipe of Peace', 1909-1910

1909-1910

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

1896

Left prosthetic leg, Cyprus, 1914-1918

1914-1918

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

North Eastern Railway Dynamometer Car

1906

Cotton Bale Breaker

1911

Burroughs hand operated adding and listing machine

1913

Experimental television receiver used by JL Baird in demonstration, made 1925-1926

1925-1926

'City of Truro' Steam locomotive

1903

Bo-Bo No 1

1902

Steam Locomotive, number 901

1919

'Prorace' cervical cap

1915-1925

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)

Brennan's Gyroscopic Mono-rail Car

1907

Victory Medal, 1914-1919

1919

Rorschach Inkblot Test, Bern Switzerland, 1942

1921

BP tank wagon

1901

Queen Alexandra's Saloon

1902

Bottle of Hunyadi Janos mineral water, unopened

1900-1920

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924