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Place of origin
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Ribbon loom with jacquard head

circa 1900

Replica of Bell's 1876 'iron-box' receiver, 1959

1876

Anatomical model of the spine

1901

Tinder pistol in egg-shaped

1700-1850

compass

1700-1800

London Midland & Scottish Railway decorative crest

1928

Hank Winding Machine

1897

Wood and iron truss for sculpture machine

1790-1819

Model of Rotative Beam Engine by William Tongue, c. 1804

1797-1804

Lord Kelvin's 'ironclad' marine galvanometer, 1865-1866

1865-1866

Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

1851

Stock Exchange automatic telegraph, 1872-1880

1872-1880

Sample of the first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

Fireless locomotive, named Imperial

1956

Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral

1769

Compendium by Elias Allen

1630-1653

Magnetic key, 1850-1870

1850-1870

wheel cutting machine

1668-1672 Probable

Hand perforator and copy stand for Wheatstone automatic telegraph system, 1890-1910

1890-1910

Demainbray's model scorpion catapult

1745-1755

Demainbray's wharf jib crane model

1729-1753

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Mural arc made for King George III

1770

Iron gin rat trap, England, 1750-1900

1750-1900

'Electric tonic' amusement machine, Europe, 1915-1925

1915-1925

Box of aspirin tablets, London, England, 1949-1966

1949-1966

Handcuffs, iron, 1601-1830

1601-1830

Oak medicine chest, Europe, 1701-1800

1701-1800

Pair of obstetrical forceps

Child's spinal support, Europe, 1771-1800

1771-1800

Brass-bound lodestone

1675-1700

Demainbray's Irish low-backed cart model

1735-1754.

Electric Flat Iron, 1895-1905

1895-1905

George III's pendulum

1762

King George III's central forces machine

1762

Lucas grapnel, 1888-1960

1888-1960

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

1752

Telstar maser assembly with magnet, 1962-1967

1962-1967

Logic door from a Ferranti Mark I computer, 1951

1951

Dover Castle turret clock

1632-1640

Roving frame

1927

Celestial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu

1603

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

1872

Astronomical quadrant with stand, 1685-1724

1685-1724

Experimental transmitting ‘jigger’ used by the Marconi Company, 1899

1899

Spiral spring coherer, 1890-1894

1890-1894

'Leesona' Pirn Winder

1893-1959

Astrolabe by Ferdinand Arsenius

1607-1618

Euston Station gates

1838

Bench vice belonging to George Stephenson

1829