Orrery by Thomas Wright

King George III

1735-1745

Demainbray's model of a camera obscura

King George III

1752

Replica of Bell's liquid transmitter of March 1876, 1880-1958

Telecommunications

1880-1958

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

Motive Power

1797-1804

Cybernetic tortoise, developed to help with studies on brain function

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1950-1952

Model, of Woolf's Water Tube Boiler, 1819

Motive Power

1819

Assorted paint and glue pots, 1950s.

Domestic Appliances

c. 1955

Rotative Compound Beam Engine, 1881

Pumping Machinery

1968-1971

Mechanical telephone, 1880-1920

Telecommunications

1880-1920

A-52 Murphy Radio Receiver, 1938-1939

Radio Communication

1938-1939

Telescope by Christopher Cock

Optics

1673

Amplion loud speaker with wooden horn, 1925

Radio Communication

1925

The Ivel Agricultural Tractor

Agricultural Engineering

1902; 1913-1920

stock exchange automatic telegraph, 1872-1880

Telecommunications

1872-1880

Britannia telephone wire joint specimen, 1900-1980

Telecommunications

1900-1980

Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, 1934

Telecommunications

1934

Ivory anatomical figure showing 'qi' points

Asian Medicine

1800-1920

Thomson mirror speaking galvanometer, 1858

Telecommunications

1858

Moving magnet galvanometer with dial inscribed "Greenwich Mean Time", 1843-1897

Time Measurement

1843-1897

Boring machine, Yard No. 642

Hand and Machine Tools

1804-1807

wall telephone, 1880-1920

Telecommunications

1880-1920

horseshoe magnet and keep used with experimental form of magnetic detector, 1900-1910

Radio Communication

1900-1910

telephone operator's chair, 1930-1960

Telecommunications

1930-1960

Cisco Catalyst 1200 switch, 1994

Computing & Data Processing

1994

control unit for Honeywell DDP 516 computer, 1966-1970

Computing & Data Processing

1966-1970

Anatomical model of the spine

Anatomy & Pathology

1901

Prototype ‘Manpack’ ground terminals, 1980-1989

Space Technology

1980-1989

Automaton for Health Matters Gallery

Public Health & Hygiene

1994

Interface unit for blind telephone switchboard operators, 1977

Telecommunications

1977

'Control indicator group' unit for mobile communications, 1985-2010

Telecommunications

1985-2010

Post Office Telecommunications videophone, 1977

Telecommunications

1977

Ivory netsuke in the form of doctor and patient

Asian Medicine

1871-1900

Whole rigged model of an English 50 gun ship

Water Transport

1722-1740

Compendium by Elias Allen

Time Measurement

1630-1653

Repeating clock-watch with dials on front and back by Gautrin, Paris

Clockmakers

1780

PABX7 switchboard from telephone exchange for use by blind operators, 1977

Telecommunications

1977

Pastille burner in the shape of a house

Public Health & Hygiene

1821-1850

Receiver unit from the ENIAC computer, 1943-1945

Computing & Data Processing

1943-1945

Jones 50-line switchboard, 1879.

Telecommunications

1879

Lens from prototype Cox selenium-cell magnifier equipment, 1910-1920

Telecommunications

1910-1920

Copy of a statue showing a deformed cranium, Cairo, Egypt, 1920-1933

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1920-1933

Uterus, showing placenta, cervix etc. from wax anatomical figure

Anatomy & Pathology

1771-1800

Rigged model of the "Cutty Sark"

Water Transport

1900-1933 (model); 1869 (original)

Model, Cobalt-60 source

Nuclear Physics

1985

Papier-mâché acupuncture figure, Japan, 1601-1700

Asian Medicine

1601-1700

Kastner's Pyrophone, 1873-1876

Acoustics

1873-1876

Model of 3-section zig-zag harrow

Agricultural Engineering

Replica of Crick and Watson's 1953 DNA Double Helix Model

Biochemistry

1993

Lawson 'Bicyclette', 1879

Road Transport

1879

Two pitchers marked: “Fine black Japan” and “1 pint of best black Japan”

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1780-1801