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The Munition Girls

1918

'Openshaw' artificial wooden hand

circa 1919

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Battery locomotive, North Staffordshire Railway

1917

Alcock and Brown's Vickers Vimy Biplane

1919

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Oxygen cylinder used by climbers on 1953 Mount Everest expedition

1952-3

Victory medal - G F W Keen

1918

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Handcuffs, steel

1918

Hobbs-type artificial left hand, Europe, 1918

1918

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Burroughs hand operated adding and listing machine

1917

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Protective leather and chain mail mask

1917-1918

Model of Great Central Railway "Atlantic" Express Locomotive

1903 (original); 1982 (model)

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Short Magazine Mark III Lee Enfield .303 Rifle (deactivated)

circa 1917

Glass-stoppered bottle containing uranium

1801-1892 (prepared); 1946 (element replaced)

C.W. transmitter/receiver, Mk.1, 1917

1917

Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, 1934

1934

Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1st Class carriage 'Traveller'

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

General Electric CA101 Pilotron triode (McVitie Weston valve collection), 1918

1918

Steam Locomotive, number 901

1919

Protective Face Mask, United Kingdom, 1917-1918

1917-1918

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Victory Medal, 1914-1919

1919

Surgical instrument set, Germany, 1917

1917

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Gas Alert Rattle, England, 1917

1917

Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB

1990-95

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

Respirometer used on 1953 Mount Everest expedition

1952-3

Replica of Lightning Conductor by Benjamin Franklin, United States, 1730-1760

1730-1760 (original); 1931-1939 (replica)

Samples of crystals used in the development of ASDIC transducers, 1917-1918

1917-918

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

Model of Mud House

6000-5000BCE

The orange market outside the city walls

1940-03

A driver at wheel of an Amilcar C6 racing car

1933-05

A photographic print of Films, "Bells Go Down"

1942-09

A photographic print of Ballet, Hamlet

1942-07

A photographic print of Ballet, Hamlet

1942-07

A photographic print of Birds, Budgerigars, (Illustrated Series)

1939-02

A photographic print of Housing, Post War, Houses - Factory Made Buildings

1963-01

A photographic print of Industry, Shipbuilding, Liners, Queen Elizabeth - Construction

1938-10

A photographic print of Industry, Agriculture, Workers - Volunteers

1947-04