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Radio tuning coil No. 100, 1922-1923

1922-1923

Radio tuning coil No. 150, 1922-1923

1922-1923

Radio tuning coil No. 200, 1922-1923

1922-1923

Radio tuning coil No. 300, 1922-1923

1922-1923

Radio tuning coil No. 75, 1922-1923

1922-1923

Radio tuning coil No. 500, 1922-1923

1922-1923

Radio tuning coil No. 1000, 1922-1923

1922-1923

Radio tuning coil No. 750, 1922-1923

1922-1923

Radio tuning coil No. 400, 1922-1923

1922-1923

Crompton Parkinson A C test meter set

1926

Rheophore for rectum or vagina, by Down, English

Lid, fitted with ‘inspection’ windows, for Vibrating wire device, No L-30.000

Wooden 'Anglesey' artificial right leg, England, 1915-1925

1915-1925

Level & clinometer, English, 1860-1910

1860-1910

Kaleidoscope by William Harris & Co., London, 1825

1816-1839

Collycroft worsted textile mill, 1790

1790

Compressed Beech Wooden Bench Designed by Jane Dillon.

Model of 120 gun ship: the French 1st rate "Ocean"

1793-1815

Model palm-log dug-out (Bengal river craft)

1900-1924

Rigged model of a Portuguese caravela

1900-1934

Model of Port of Toulon

1790-1815

Glass Plate with Ruled Parallel Lines In Varnish

1852

Dummy nuclear fuel element, presented by the General Electric Co, USA

1960-1970

Dried genito-urinary system from mammal

Levelling staff, British, 1920-1922

1920-1922

Pulse glass in wooden case

1845-1855

Playing cards depicting medical staff wearing PPE and carrying COVID-19 tests

2020

Model of 6th century Byzantine Dromon

1972-1974

Whole model of a Spanish Felucca

1890-1910

Rigged model of Dutch Schommer

1800-1900

Model of a Thames Wherry

1781

Admiralty steering compass demonstrating the laminated compass needles typical of the mid-19th century

1850-1870

Wooden Cross-staff.

1687

Crystal structure represented by an arrangement of ten spheres

1812-1813

Set of radio tuning coils, 1922-1923

1922-1923

First Aid kit in japanned metal case, England, 1931-1932

1931-1932

Slow-speed ACE simulator, 1950

1950

Whole model, full rigged, of ship of the line, H.M.S. 'Prince'

1670

Compass, China or Japan, 1800-1920

1800-1920
Waiting Room Seat, Great Northern & Great Eastern Joint Committee, Ornate wooden bench, varnished. GN & GEJC carved on back.

Wooden station bench, Great Northern & Great Eastern Joint Committee

Second of two wooden blocks from traction apparatus found on display during 2015 decant of Medical Galleries.

Second of two wooden blocks from traction apparatus

Model, scale 1:24, of the midship section of a sea-camel, unsigned, Russia, 1854-1869. Used to lift large ships over the bar between Kronstadt and St Petersburg. Sea-camels were buoyancy boxes that could be attached to the side of a vessel to reduce her draft. Full with ballast water, the sea-camels were attached to the side of a vessel. By pumping out the water from the seacamels, the vessel's draft was reduced.

Model of midship section of Russian Sea-Camel

1854-1869
Waiting Room Seat, Tottenham & Hampstead Junction Railway, pale wooden seat, varnished T & HJR carved on back.

Station Seat, Tottenham & Hampstead Junction Railway

Model, scale 1:12, of a river boat from British Guiana.

Model of a river boat from British Guiana

1920-1928
Contemporary dockyard model, scale 1:48, unrigged, of a 60-gun heavy frigate, possibly the 'Leander' (1813), unsigned, England, 1813-1830

Model (unrigged) of a heavy frigate

1813-1830
Rigged model of a Dubai Dhow, on wood stand, unsigned, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 1971-1980.

Dubai Dhow

1971-1979
Working wood model, of a disc steam engine as patented by Taylor and Davies in 1836-8 and repeatedly trialled on land and at sea.

Model of disc engine

1836-1857
Working model, scale 1:12, of a proposed modified twin-cylinder or 'Siamese' paddle wheel engine to suit the requirements of screw propulsion with one crank and representing only half of the engine (c.1850), on wooden base, by Maudslay, Sons and Field, Lambeth, London, England, 1850-1900

Working model

1850-1900
Etchings with ruled line grounds (before 1852). Prepared as experimental trials of ground effect by ordinary mechanical means, no photo-etching involved. Three steel plates, in box, with rulings on surface varnish layer, 5" x 3 1/2".

Three Varnished Steel Plates Marked With Parrallel Lines

1852
Model, scale 1:15, of a flat-bottomed gondola of the type still used in modern Venice, with ornamental 'beak' at the stem, unsigned, Europe, 1950-1960

Model of a Venetian gondola

1950-1960