William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872
1872
Iron handcuffs with key, 1800-1899
1801-1900
Dental key
1725-1780
Fireless locomotive, named Imperial
1956
Rocket locomotive
1829
Model of Henry Maudslay's screw-cutting lathe
1800-1820
Underwood 1 Typewriter, 1897
1897
Model of the ‘Optimus’ water closet, England
1870
Scold's Bridle Mask which partially covers face
1550-1800
Marconi-Sykes magnetophone
1923
Reproduction of the 1830 Planet steam locomotive
1992
Standard Morse key, 1880-1950
1880-1950
Celestial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu
1603
Demainbray's Newcomen engine model
1720
Astrolabe by Ferdinand Arsenius
1607-1618
Iron gin rat trap, England, 1750-1900
1750-1900
Euston Station gates
1838
Electric Flat Iron, 1895-1905
1895-1905
wheel cutting machine
1668-1672 Probable
Gothic-style German chamber clock
1400-1499
Oak medicine chest, Europe, 1701-1800
1701-1800
Phantasmagoria magic lantern, late 18th century
1780-1800
Hollerith 45 column horizontal electrical sorting machine, 1920-1930
1920-1930
Julius Totalisator
c. 1933
Wooden alms box
1601-1800
Vacuum Gauge by Boulton and Watt
1794
'Leesona' Pirn Winder
1893-1959
'Electric tonic' amusement machine, Europe, 1915-1925
1915-1925
Lord Kelvin's 'ironclad' marine galvanometer, 1865-1866
1865-1866
Operating table
1914-1918
Logic door from a Ferranti Mark I computer, 1951
1951
Small drum-shaped clock from the second quarter of the 16th Century
1525-1550
George III's pendulum
1762
Hank Winding Machine
1897
Brass-bound lodestone
1675-1700
Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral
1769
Tinder pistol in egg-shaped
1700-1850
Compendium by Elias Allen
1630-1653
Stock Exchange automatic telegraph, 1872-1880
1872-1880
Sodium-ion battery made by Faradion Limited
2022
Mural arc made for King George III
1770
Boot for torture purposes, probably English, 1501-1600
1501-1700
Sample of the first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858
1857-1858
Portable fluoroscope, Europe, 1912-1922
1912-1922
Experimental transmitting ‘jigger’ used by the Marconi Company, 1899
1899
Babbage's Difference Engine No 2, 2002.
1991-2002
Orthopaedic corset, Europe, 1801-1880
1801-1880
Jones 50-line switchboard, 1879.
1879
Hand perforator and copy stand for Wheatstone automatic telegraph system, 1890-1910
1890-1910
Child's spinal support, Europe, 1771-1800
1771-1800