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

Computing & Data Processing

1871

Philips 'Savvy' mobile telephone, 1999-2003

Telecommunications

1999-2003

Rover 'Safety' bicycle, 1885

Road Transport

1885

Crick and Watson's DNA molecular model

Biochemistry

1953

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

Textiles Machinery

1775

Rotative steam engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

Motive Power

1788

Vaginal Speculum for Applying Leeches

Clinical Diagnosis

1801-1830

Smiths De Luxe Wristwatch Worn by Sir Edmund Hillary on His Ascent of Mount Everest 1953

Clockmakers

1953

Penicillium Mould presented by Alexander Fleming

Biotechnology

1935

Ped-O-Jet Mass Inoculation Gun

Public Health & Hygiene

1970-1975

Model of Wright Flyer

Aeronautics

1903

Packet of 10 'Gold Flake' Cigarettes

Smoking

1920-1950

Sony 'Trinitron' colour television, 1969-1970

Radio Communication

1969-1970

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

Gustave Doré

1872

'Puffing Billy' locomotive

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1813-1814

Print of Henry Beighton's Engraving of a Newcomen Engine

Motive Power

1717-1725

Cat-o-nine tails, United Kingdom, 1700-1850

Wellcome (general)

1700-1850

Snuff box, England, 1771-1830

Smoking

1771-1830

Contraceptive Sponge

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1920-1960

Apollo 10 command module, call sign 'Charlie Brown'

Space Technology

1969

Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg

Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg

1801

Glass bottle of cocaine eye drops

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1901-1930

Soyuz TMA-19M descent module, S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Public Corporation “Energia”

Space Technology

2015

Alcatel 'One Touch Easy' Mobile Telephone db, 2000-2002

Telecommunications

2000-2002

Difference Engine No. 1

Computing & Data Processing

c. 1832

Packet of 20 Death cigarettes, London, England, 1999

Smoking

1999

Swan electric lamp

Lighting

1878-1879

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

Clockmakers

1780-1850

Laennec's stethoscope

Clinical Diagnosis

1815-1825

Apollo 11, Lunar Module 'Eagle', 1969.

Space Technology

1963-1969

'Jason I', de Havilland DH.60G Gipsy Moth

Aeronautics

1928

Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770

Clockmakers

1770

'Build a Better Burger' game

Nutrition & Food Technology

1984-1986

Prosthetic/artificial limbs used by Tracey Baynam

Orthopaedics

1971

Napier's Bones

Mathematics

1690

Robert Hooke type microscope

Microscopes

1671-1700

Sokol space suit

Space Technology

1991

Obsidian possibly used in trephination experiments

Surgery

1918-1920

Meerschaum Tobacco Pipe with Bowl in form of Human Skull

Smoking

1870-1910

Packet of Craven 'A' cigarettes by Carreras Ltd

Smoking

1920-1950

Nokia 1011 mobile telephone, 1992-1994

Telecommunications

1992-1994

Edison telephone, 1879

Telecommunications

1879

Original vacuum cleaner, from to Royal Naval College

Domestic Appliances

1905

'Merman'

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1801-1900

Electronic talking 'Lovable Bear' child's toy

Domestic Appliances

1999

Vessel for growing mould, used in Oxford, England, 1942

Biotechnology

1940-1944

Alcock and Brown's Vickers Vimy biplane

Aeronautics

1919

Phillip's Economic Computer

Computing & Data Processing

1949

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

Geophysics

1872

Three-valve radio receiver, 1922-1925

Radio Communication

1922-1925