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Ped-O-Jet Mass Inoculation Gun

Public Health & Hygiene

1970-1975

Babbage's Analytical Engine, 1834-1871. (Trial model)

Computing & Data Processing

1871

Rover 'Safety' bicycle, 1885

Road Transport

1885

Cat-o-nine tails, United Kingdom, 1700-1850

Wellcome (general)

1700-1850

Crick and Watson's DNA molecular model

Biochemistry

1953

Rotative steam engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

Motive Power

1788

Packet of 10 'Gold Flake' Cigarettes

Smoking

1920-1950

Coalbrookdale by Night

Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg

1801

Penicillium Mould presented by Alexander Fleming

Biotechnology

1935

Electronic storm surge modelling machine

Oceanography

1960-2007

A stchoty, Russian abacus.

Mathematics

1901-1930

'Over London-by Rail', engraving, London, England, 1872

Gustave Doré

1872

Soyuz TMA-19M descent module, S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Public Corporation “Energia”

Space Technology

2015

Philips 'Savvy' mobile telephone, 1999-2003

Telecommunications

1999-2003

Difference Engine No. 1

Computing & Data Processing

c. 1832

Napier's Bones

Mathematics

1690

Nokia 1011 mobile telephone, 1992-1994

Telecommunications

1992-1994

Sokol space suit

Space Technology

1991

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

Textiles Machinery

1775

Smiths De Luxe Wristwatch Worn by Sir Edmund Hillary on His Ascent of Mount Everest 1953

Clockmakers

1953

Alcock and Brown's Vickers Vimy biplane

Aeronautics

1919

Alan Measles - God in the time of Covid-19 by Grayson Perry

Grayson Perry

2020

Amateur radio call books, 1938 and 1951

Radio Communication

1938 and 1951

'Merman'

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1801-1900

Packet of Craven 'A' cigarettes

Smoking

1920-1950

Blackboard covered with Graffiti

Stephen Hawking Office

1980

Section of a Boeing 747, 1973.

Aeronautics

1973

Packet of 20 Death cigarettes, London, England, 1999

Smoking

1999

Prosthetic/artificial limbs for a nine year old child

Orthopaedics

1971

Contraceptive Sponge

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1920-1960

Apollo 10 command module, call sign 'Charlie Brown'

Space Technology

1969

Packet of Ten 'Abdulla' Cigarettes

Smoking

1920-1950

'Jason I', de Havilland DH.60G Gipsy Moth

Aeronautics

1928

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

Geophysics

1872

Model of Wright Flyer

Aeronautics

1903

Sony 'Trinitron' colour television, 1969-1970

Radio Communication

1969-1970

'Memento mori' watch in the form of a skull, known as the 'Mary Queen of Scots' watch.

Clockmakers

1780-1850

Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770

Clockmakers

1770

The Munition Girls

Stanhope Alexander Forbes

1918

Liquid-filled plastic lens television magnifier, 1935-1965

Radio Communication

1935-1965

Tracy, a transgenic sheep

Biotechnology

1990-1997

Meerschaum Tobacco Pipe with Bowl in form of Human Skull

Smoking

1870-1910

'Puffing Billy' locomotive

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1813-1814

Bell transmitter with membrane diaphragm, 1875-1877

Telecommunications

1875-1877

Apollo 11, Lunar Module 'Eagle', 1969.

Space Technology

1963-1969

Vaginal Speculum for Applying Leeches

Clinical Diagnosis

1801-1830

Short Magazine Mark III Lee Enfield .303 rifle (deactivated)

Public Health & Hygiene

c. 1917

Gold plated BBC Micro Personal Computer

Computing & Data Processing

1985

'Form M Revised Stanford-Binet Scales', IQ test, United States, 1937

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1937-1960

Ampoule of Anti Gas-Gangrene Serum

Public Health & Hygiene

1934