Image
Category
Collection
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Object type
Maker
Place of origin
Date

Box of blood grouping sera

Hindley's pyrometer and three expansion tubes made by Henry Hindley

1752

George III's cycloidal pendulum

1762

George III's tidal demonstration model

1762

Machine used for covering wires with silk and cotton, 1837

1837

'Investment; Tabitha’s Gown'

2014

Ribbon loom with jacquard head

circa 1900

Replica Arkwright water frame

1983

Rigged Model of a Fijian Double Canoe with Mast

1800-1872

Raleigh Moulton bicycle

1970

Five-line single cord switchboard, 1900-1909

1900-1909

Cooke and Wheatstone's four needle telegraph, 1838

1838

Electrical chimes by George Adams

1781-1790

Compagnie Internationale de Wagon-Lits et de Grands Express Europeens sleeping car, 1936

1936

Demainbray's model of a camera obscura

1752

Demainbray's Newcomen engine model

1720

Marconi-Sykes magnetophone

1923

George III's philosophical table

1761-1762

Arkwright's Water Frame

1775

Maxim's 'Pipe of Peace', 1909-1910

1909-1910

Phillip's Economic Computer

1949

Magnetic compass and sundial by Henry Sutton

1650-1665

Insulators used for Morse's telegraph, 1835

1835

Builder's whole, rigged model, of SS 'Great Eastern', 1853-1857

1853-1857

Cervical cap, ‘Improved Gem’ type

1930-1960

British Airways t-shirt

Pathfinder flying boot

circa 1932

Duckham's Oils overalls used by David Cook

1978

Barbie Doll, 'Black Ken'

1980-1990

Flying shuttle

1920-1960

Flying shuttle

1920-1960

Pair of RAF aircrew flying boots, 1944

Tubes for the whirling table

1753

Cotton card sliver

Fiducial-ray Cobalt-glass and ocular

Cotton comber web (Nasmith Comber)

Claude Lorrain mirror

MSA glove

'Botox' mask by Su Richardson

2020

'Red Cross' mask by Su Richardson

2020

'Safe' mask by Su Richardson

2020

'House Bound' mask by Su Richardson

2020

'Hot Flush' mask by Su Richardson

2020

Flying shuttle

1920-1960

Azimuth compass, British, 1811-1830

1811-1830

Salvarsan kit

1909-1912

Travelling thermometer by Carpenter & Westley

1801-1900

Pair of artificial/prosthetic legs for a teenage boy living with thalidomide impairments

1975

Flying shuttle

1920-1960

Lancashire loom

1890 - 1910