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Watch with mock pendulum, by M. Martinot

Clockmakers

1700

Gas cylinder for nitrous oxide

Emergency Medicine

2000-2002

Clay pipe stamped “Henry Lyon”

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Thorn-Ericsson 'Astrofon' telephone, 1981

Telecommunications

1981

six-stage super heterodyne receiver processed on the ECME system, 1936-1955

Radio Communication

1936-1955

Hip prosthesis

Surgery

1958-1960

BBC L1 lip microphone, 1937-1960

Television

1937-1960

Lower limb artificial/prosthetic for a child living with limb difference

Orthopaedics

1966

Wandering hour watch by Sinclare, Dublin, c.1690

Clockmakers

1690

'Channel' Band III television converter, type C2, 1955-1960

Radio Communication

1955-1960

scale with metal stand for Thompson mirror speaking galvanometer, 1858

Telecommunications

1858

Marine chronometer by E. Barthet, found on an abandoned ship

Clockmakers

1840

Scale drawing of Nottingham Water Works Engine House, England, 1851-1860

Archive

1850-1859

One of four original Swan and Raven models used by Froude

Froude

1867

Magnetic compass and sundial by Henry Sutton

Navigation

1650-1665

Portion of the first submarine cable between Dover and Calais, 1850

Telecommunications

1850

'Dutch forgery' watch signed John Wilter

Clockmakers

1780

Adjustable dental pelican with two claws

Dentistry

1720-1800

Print, 'Searching Fault' scene on 'Great Eastern' during the laying of the first Atlantic cable, 1865-1867

Telecommunications

1865-1867

Print, 'Interior Tanks', a scene on 'Great Eastern' during the laying of the first Atlantic cable, 1865-1867

Telecommunications

1865-1867

Two-wire telephone repeater, 1923-1925

Telecommunications

1923-1925

Post mortem table ceramic

Anatomy & Pathology

1921-1930

Cycling gloves, London Ambulance Cycle Response Unit

Emergency Medicine

2000-2002

Cycling sunglasses

Emergency Medicine

2000-2002

Watson-Odelca x-ray set for mass miniature radiography, Europe, 1960-1961

Radiomedicine

1960-1961

IBM ThinkPad 365e laptop computer

Computing & Data Processing

1997

Portable electrocardiograph, Cambridge, England, 1929

Clinical Diagnosis

1929

Pye 'Cambridge International' 11-band broadcast receiver, 1953

Radio Communication

1953

Silver pill box, Birmingham, England, 1797

Wellcome (general)

1797

Clay tobacco pipe, Paris, France, 1840-1910

Smoking

1840-1910

Morning after contraceptive pills, Germany, 1986

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1986

Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

Telecommunications

1851

Specimen of the first transatlantic telephone cable, 1956

Telecommunications

1956

sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

Telecommunications

1857-1858

Ford model T Tourer car

Road Transport

1916

Cocked hat worn by French military surgeon

Surgery

1790-1831

Globtik Tokyo

Water Transport

circa 1972

BT Message Master series 1200 pager, 1980-2000

Telecommunications

1980-2000

Glass ampoule of liquid chloroform

Anaesthesiology

1845-1945

Felt and Tarrant Comptometer, 1887.

Mathematics

circa 1900

Model paddle wheel engines of the SS 'Great Eastern'

Marine Engines

1853-1857

Packet of Nicorette chewing gum, Sweden, 1973-1983

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1973-1983

Piece of skin

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Ceramic jar with leather lid labelled "Red Lead"

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Culture plates shwoing the impact of Olaparib

Laboratory Medicine

2019

Nappy for premature baby

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1994-1996

Wooden figure of man practising moxibustion

Asian Medicine

1750-1800

Portable Radio

Emergency Medicine

2000-2002

Ekco AD75 radio receiver, 1946

Radio Communication

1946

Silver vinaigrette with hinged lid

Pharmacy-ware

1809