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scale with metal stand for Thompson mirror speaking galvanometer, 1858

Telecommunications

1858

Model of Jenning's patent water closet, England, 1895-1905

Public Health & Hygiene

1895-1905

Thomson mirror speaking galvanometer, 1858

Telecommunications

1858

Hopper Feeder

Textile Industry

1949

Portable double-needle telegraph and test set, 1850

Telecommunications

1850

Woollen shawl

Textile Industry

1880-1920

Telstar maser assembly with magnet, 1962-1967

Radio Communication

1962-1967

Brass amulet to protect the wearer from cholera, France, 1820-1880

Wellcome Medals

1820-1880

three-nail microphone, 1875-1880

Telecommunications

1875-1880

Silk scarf, `Festival of Britain' design, with Fes

Domestic Appliances

1951

Wooden bowl, made of mango wood in the Philippines

Domestic Appliances

1999

'Channel' Band III television converter, type C2, 1955-1960

Radio Communication

1955-1960

Phillips 9140 'remote control' boot mounted mobile telephone, 1982-1987

Telecommunications

1982-1987

Red Cross fund-raising brooch made from Zeppelin wire, 1917.

Therapeutics

1916-1917

Furness Railway steam locomotive 'Coppernob' 0-4-0, No 3, 1846

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1846

'Control indicator group' unit for mobile communications, 1985-2010

Telecommunications

1985-2010

Paul F Gachet's door plate, France, 1870-1909

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1870-1909

Handley Page HP115 wind tunnel model

Farnborough

about 1960

Plastic syringe containing liquid collagen for cosmetic/plastic surgery, Europe, 2000

Surgery

2000

boot mounted transceiver for Phillips 9140 mobile telephone, 1982-1987

Telecommunications

1982-1987

base station for 'Rabbit' mobile telepoint telephone, 1993

Telecommunications

1993

Solar charger for mobile telephone, 2007-2012

Telecommunications

2007-2012

Sargrove sprayed-circuit radio receiver experiment, 1936-1937

Electronic Components

1936-7

Deltaphone Deluxe telephone, 1979-1985

Telecommunications

1979-1985

Self- striped printed muslin dress

Temporary Exhibitions

Model locomotive: Wooden; 2-2-2 locomotive No

Railway Models

Antiference Band I (Channel 4) television aerial, 1957-1985

Radio Communication

1955-1985

Apple Newton MessagePad, 1993

Computing & Data Processing

1993

Anova W8900 mobile telephone, 2008-2012

Telecommunications

2008-2012

Grid slide from prototype Cox selenium-cell magnifier equipment, 1919-1920

Telecommunications

1910-1920

Sample of 1851 Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

Telecommunications

1851

Slide rule for exchange of weights and measures

Mathematics

1815

Telescope by John Yarwell.

Optics

1685-1695

Transistorized audio-frequency telephone line amplifier, 1954

Telecommunications

1954

Memento mori ring remembering Augusta Bruce, Europe, 1701-1800

Wellcome (general)

1701-1800

Green plastic half frame reading spectacles, no ma

Ophthalmology

1960-1970

Coherer with coarse brass turnings, 1894

Radio Communication

1894

Filings coherer, glass tube formed into T-shape at one end and bent round into U-shape at other end with bulb, 1899

Radio Communication

1899

Creamware plate, scalloped outer edge and decorate

Medical Ceramic-ware

1771-1900

Small frying/omelette pan, titanium non-stick coat

Domestic Appliances

1999

`Melaware' plastic butter dish

Domestic Appliances

c. 1960-1970

printing block

Textile Industry

c.1840

Shaman's Aroma-therapy Mini Dream Pillow

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1996

Sign

Textile Industry