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Ribbon loom with jacquard head

circa 1900

Five-line single cord switchboard, 1900-1909

1900-1909

George III's tidal demonstration model

1762

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

1752

'Investment; Tabitha’s Gown'

2014

George III's cycloidal pendulum

1762

Replica Arkwright water frame

1983

Box of blood grouping sera

Electrical chimes by George Adams

1781-1790

Machine used for covering wires with silk and cotton, 1837

1837

Cooke and Wheatstone's four needle telegraph, 1838

1838

Rigged Model of a Fijian Double Canoe with Mast

1800-1872

George III's philosophical table

1761-1762

Demainbray's Newcomen engine model

1720

Phillip's Economic Computer

1949

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

1909-1910

Magnetic compass and sundial by Henry Sutton

1650-1665

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

1936

Marconi-Sykes magnetophone

1923

Insulators used for Morse's telegraph, 1835

1835

Demainbray's model of a camera obscura

1752

Arkwright's Water Frame

1775

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

1853-1857

Cervical cap, ‘Improved Gem’ type

1930-1960

Wind tunnel model of Javelin aircraft

1950-1960

Pair of RAF aircrew flying boots, 1944

Leg and ankle splint, England, 1940-1960

1940-1960

White T-shirt, blue printed design incorporating radioactive symbol and the word 'Non'

1995

British Airways t-shirt

Pathfinder flying boot

circa 1932

Three neck flat bottomed round flask

Three neck flat bottomed round flask

Three neck flat bottomed round flask

'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

Cotton card sliver

Travelling thermometer by Carpenter & Westley

1801-1900

Box containing tools for maintaining Strowger telephone switching equipment, with maintenance engineer’s inspection lamp and portable test telephone

1968-1972

Cotton Staples

1900-1914

Billcliff Half-Plate Field Camera

1880-1890

Model of a pharmacy in Guangzhou (Canton), China, 1881-1885

1881-1885

Cotton comber web (Nasmith Comber)

Flat bottomed round flask with long neck

"Ruby" Reflex Camera

1920-1925

Pince-nez nose spectacles with round lenses

1860-1910

Black carrying case for pair of Zoom 7x to 14x35 binoculars

1970-1979

Hyperbolic Paraboloid String Surface Model

1872