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Place of origin
Date

Section of TAT-8 transatlantic optical fibre cable, 1989

1989

'Pedoscope' shoe-fitting X-ray viewer

1948-1953

Goddard rocket fuel tank

circa 1930

English Electric Company diesel electric locomotive 'Deltic' Co-Co 3300HP, 1955

1955

Cast aluminium headboard, British Rail (Eastern Region) - Scarborough Spa Express

1968-1985

Locomotive sector plate from "Prince William"

1995

Automatic DNA analyser

1999

Antiference 5-element Band III television aerial, 1945-1985

1955-1985

AN/PSN-8 manpack GPS receiver, 1988-1993

1988-1993

RL-10 engine

1962

Electrolyser from the UK’s first hydrogen refuelling station

2014

Demonstration radio receiver

1926

Sub unit from LEO II computer, 1958

1958

Polythene insulated copper conductor cable, 1939-1969

1939-1969

Sample of malaria vaccine SPf66

1988

1500-pair exchange area cable, 1969

1969

Colchester 2000L CNC lathe

1985-2000

Railtrack office sign

Model of Courier satellite, 2014

2014

Piece from the London University Computing Service Atlas computer

circa 1964

Model of the Blue Star Line T.S. 'Arandora Star'

1927-1929

Audio trunk cable specimen, 1925-1935

1925-1935

CS215 temperature and relative humidity sensor

2010

Goddard rocket engine

1929

Antiference "Antex" Band I (Channel 5) television aerial, 1949-1985

1949-1985

Watson varifocal zoom lens model 75/6.7, 1948

1948

Altair 8800b computer system, 1977-1982

1977-1982

Magnifying stereoscope, 1940

1940

Astronauts bio-belt medical harness

1973-1974

Section of Superconducting cable

2013

Aluminium conductor cable, 1939-1969

1939-1969

Lead-lined radioactive material container

1970-1990

Model of Intelsat I (EarlyBird), 2014

2014

Model of Galileo navigation satellite, 2014

2014

Model of GPS satellite, 2014

2014

Eurostar TMST power car 373 308

1996

Train staff and ticket box

Model of Block IV 'Tomahawk' missile, 2013

2013

Marconi-Sykes magnetophone

1923

Eurostar 3000 satellite, 2000

2000

Part of aluminium mould used to make a plastic Tango bottle

1985-1998

Model of Landsat 5 satellite, 1986

1986

Long-wavelength spectrometer from the Infrared Space Observatory (identical spare model)

1990-1993 (spare); 1995 (original launched)

Astronomical longcase clock with a planetarium by Roland Jarvis

1982

British Railways D200

1958

One rapid prototype printer, as developed by Fab@Home project

2006-2007

Nemesis Electric Supercar, made by Ecotricity, 2008-2010

2008-2010

Cotton 'Hero' face cover made by English Fine Cottons

2020

Activity cage with Veeder counter for recording rodent activity

1960-1970

Model of 1960s toolmaking workshop

1960-1970