Specimen of the first transatlantic telephone cable, 1956

Telecommunications

1956

Silver thimble, used to pass a current through the 1866 Transatlantic cable, 1860-1866

Telecommunications

1860-1866

Fowler's phrenological head

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1879-1896

Camera obscura

King George III

1701-1752

Bottle of quinine hydrochloride tablets, London, England, 1901-1930

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1901-1930

Statue of St Mary Magdalene

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1601-1750

Reflecting telescope by William Herschel

Astronomy

1783-1785

Diesel-hydraulic locomotive, Class 02 0-4-0 No D2860

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1960

Wooden alms box

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1601-1800

Radium teletherapy apparatus, the radium 'bomb'

Radiomedicine

1925-1930

Double duck-billed speculum

Clinical Diagnosis

1871-1900

Prototype of the Brougham carriage

Road Transport

1838

Table clock by Nicholas Vallin

Time Measurement

1598-1603

Sans Pareil

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1829

Post Office telephone kiosk No. 6, 1936-1968

Telecommunications

1936-1968

H2S Radar

Radar & Radio Location

1945-1955

Chronophotographe double-use camera

Cinematography

1890

'Pock-marked faces: A curious illusion', anti-vaccination leaflet

Archive

1880-1890

Derby Works Collection

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1885-1961

Hand held electric vibrator, English, dated 1909

Therapeutics

1909

Concept model, British Rail InterCity 250 Class 93 locomotive

Railway Models

Nintendo Game Boy Advance, model AGB-001

Computing & Data Processing

2001

Motorola 'International 8700' mobile telephone, 1996

Telecommunications

1996

Compagnie Internationale de Wagon-Lits et de Grands Express Europeens sleeping car, 1933

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1933

National 3000 automatic bookkeeping calculating machine

Mathematics

1935-1945

Bottle for 'Veronal' powder

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1903-1950

Napoleon's Toothbrush, Europe, 1790-1821

Dentistry

1790-1821

Éclair Cameflex CM3 35mm camera

Cinematography

1946

Kodak Automatic 8 Movie Camera and carton box

Cinematography

1962

John Logie Baird's test subject 'Stookie Bill'

Television

c. 1926

Fujica Single 8 P1 camera

Cinematography

1965-1977

Technophone 'EXCELL PC105T' mobile telephone, 1986

Telecommunications

1986

Siemens 'C35i' mobile telephone, 2000-2003

Telecommunications

2000-2003

Magellan 1000M GPS receiver, 1990

Navigation

1990

Gold plated BBC Micro personal computer

Computing & Data Processing

1985

Home cloning kit, United States, 1993

Biotechnology

1993

Bragg X-ray spectrometer, England, 1910-1926

Experimental Chemistry

1910-1926

Votive male genitalia

Classical & Medieval Medicine

200 BCE-400 CE

Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.

Telecommunications

1850

Model of a mobile mass miniature x-ray unit

Radiomedicine

1945-1965

Empty bottle for Opium tincture tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1880-1940

Rotative Compound Beam Engine, 1881

Pumping Machinery

1968-1971

Ilford Witness camera

Photographic Technology

c. 1959

Wart-like stone used as a cure for warts

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1801-1900

Model of a contraceptive pill, Europe, c. 1970

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1965-1975

Ancient Greek cupping cup

Classical & Medieval Medicine

400 BCE- 100 BCE

Votive offering, left ear

Classical & Medieval Medicine

200 BCE-100 CE

Westrex teletype terminal, 1960-1980

Telecommunications

1960-1980

Pocket watch by Thomas Tompion

Time Measurement

1675-1700

Bottle of cod liver oil

Nutrition & Food Technology

1939-1955