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Earthenware eye bath

Ophthalmology

1801-1900

Early submarine cables and grapnel, 1858-1866.

Telecommunications

1858-1866

Mechanical telephone, 1880-1920

Telecommunications

1880-1920

Demainbray's optical model

King George III

1752

Marble reproduction of bust

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Shaman's Aroma-therapy Mini Dream Pillow

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1996

CT2 wireless telephone test bed module representing base station, 1988

Telecommunications

1988

Plaster cast, Venus

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Square signed "J.Ramsden, 1757"

Mathematics

1757

Hollerith 45 column horizontal electrical sorting machine, 1920-1930

Computing & Data Processing

1920-1930

Wax anatomical figure of reclining woman

Anatomy & Pathology

1771-1800

Prototype beam splitter for the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (aLIGO)

Astronomy

2008 (prototype)

Pedometer by Spencer & Perkins

Surveying

1775-1794

Packaging for a box of polio vaccine, England, 1964-1966

Public Health & Hygiene

1964-1966

Cloth tape measure

Hand and Machine Tools

1850-1860

Thorn-Ericsson 'Astrofon' telephone, 1981

Telecommunications

1981

Carton of four Viagra (Sildenafil citrate) tablets, Sandwich, England, 1996-1998

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1998

Packet of Nicorette chewing gum, Sweden, 1973-1983

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1973-1983

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

Radio Communication

1936-1955

Ford model T Tourer car, Reg. No. PP7963, Engine No. 1,122,607

Road Transport

1916

Altitude quadrant

Astronomy

1552

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

Archive

1850-1859

Bell telephone, mahogany case, 1878

Telecommunications

1878

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

Telecommunications

1865-1867

Model of wire screen in octagonal frame used by Heinrich Hertz, 1949

Radio Communication

1949

Adjustable dental pelican with two claws

Dentistry

1720-1800

George III's weighted cylinder

King George III

1762

George III's pendulum

King George III

1762

scale with metal stand for Thompson mirror speaking galvanometer, 1858

Telecommunications

1858

Post mortem table

Anatomy & Pathology

1921-1930

Water pipe from Water Street, Manchester

Water Supply & Sanitation

1890-1899

Model paddle wheel engines of the SS 'Great Eastern'

Marine Engines

1853-1857

IBM ThinkPad 365e laptop computer, with Russian Cyrillic alphabet stickers on the keyboard keys

Computing & Data Processing

1997

Smallpox vaccine in vial

Public Health & Hygiene

1980

Magnetic compass and sundial by Henry Sutton

Navigation

1650-1665

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

Telecommunications

1865-1867

Medicinal water bottle, Elisha's spring

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1928

Schwann's microscope

Microscopes

1835

Barrel and Device from George III's guinea and feather' apparatus

King George III

1761

Terrestrial globe by John Senex

Astronomy

1738

George III's cycloidal pendulum

King George III

1762

Technophone 'EXCELL PC105T' mobile telephone, 1986

Telecommunications

1986

Small orrery by Benjamin Martin

Astronomy

1738-1777

George III's compound engine

King George III

1762

Princess or Comtessa dial telephone, c.1950s

Telecommunications

1951-1960

PM 40 and disposable scalpel

Surgery

c.2016

Brunton-type auriscope

Clinical Diagnosis

1874-1914

microphone from 'Oscar One' CB transceiver, 1980-1983

Radio Communication

1980-1983

Wooden tuning key for a stringed instrument

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1758-1769

Plaster mould of head of Apollo

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819