Anatomical model of a horse, c. 1850-1880.

Veterinary Medicine

1850-1880

Part of anatomical model of horse, half scale, annotated parts, by Dr. Auzoux, France, 1850-1880

Camera attachment for Sony Ericsson T68 mobile telephone, 2002-2005

Telecommunications

2002-2005

Camera attachment for Sony Ericsson T68 mobile phone, made by Sony Ericsson, China, 2002-2005

Motorola Pager "Minicall"

Emergency Medicine

c.2000

Motorola Pager One mini call pager, part of equipment supplied to members of the London’s Ambulance Cycle Response Unit, owned and used by Tom Lynch, c.2000

Dextrostix reagent strips

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1976-1982

1x25 strip pack of dextrostix reagent strips, by Ames Division, Miles Laboratories Ltd., expires 1983

Nokia mobile phone

Emergency Medicine

c.2000

Nokia mobile phone, model 7110, part of equipment supplied to members of the London’s Ambulance Cycle Response Unit, owned by Tom Lynch, c2000

Wooden Kareau statue

Asian Medicine

1880-1925

Kareau figure of carved and painted wood, anthropomorphic, representing standing male with wings and European clothes, from Nicobar Islands, Bay of Bengal, 1880-1925

Clay tobacco pipe, Paris, France, 1840-1910

Smoking

1840-1910

Clay tobacco pipe, tip of mouthpiece missing, bowl in form of skull, glass eye, one missing, nose bone, teeth touched up in white, short carved wood stem, by Gambier of Paris, French 1840-1910

Daniell cell used by Edward Davy, 1836-1839

Telecommunications

1836-1839

Daniell cell used and possibly made by Edward Davy, England, 1836-1839. Found in a field in Somerset by J J Fahie, an historian of the electric telegraph, in 1883.

Stock ticker for Stock exchange printing telegraph, 1907

Telecommunications

1907

Receiver printer, or stock ticker, for Stock Exchange printing telegraph, No. 5022, made by the Exchange Telegraph Company, England, 1907

Model of the ‘Optimus’ water closet, England

Domestic Appliances

1870

Model of the 'Optimus' patent water closet, invented by Stevens Hellyer and made by Dent & Hellyer Limited, British, 1870

Time Travellers invitation

Stephen Hawking Office

2013

Time Travellers Invitation titled: ‘A Reception for Time Travellers Hosted by Professor Stephen Hawking’. hand-pulled letterpress print (white on black background), printed at New North Press, London on a Victorian ‘Albion’ press in October 2013. Framed. A certificate of authenticity in a plastic sleeve is attached to its back.

George III's philosophical table

King George III

1761-1762

Philosophical table made for King George III by George Adams, Fleet Street, London, 1761-62. A pillar in three pieces, two wooden rings and wooden nut; vertical board with ivory scale (one fixing screw and washer missing) and backing board for pendulum experiments are attached.

Sheraton medicine chest, Europe, 1720-1800

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1720-1800

Sheraton medicine chest, with 32 glass bottles, 14 labelled, hand balance, 13 weights, wooden box, watch glass, a piece of leather and 6 pottery jars, 18th century

Bamboo flea trap, China, 1751-1850

Public Health & Hygiene

1751-1850

Bamboo flea trap, Chinese, 1751-1850

'Italian Navy' detector, 1899-1901

Radio Communication

1899-1901

Carbon-mercury-iron semiconductor diode detector, of the type invented by J C Bose in 1899, modified version, unknown maker, 1899-1901. Known as the ‘Italian Navy coherer’, used by G Marconi in Newfoundland to receive the first wireless communication across the Atlantic, December 1901.

Short SC 1 VTOL aircraft XG900, c 1950s.

Aeronautics

1950-1959

Short S.C.1 Vtol Aircraft XG900

Penicillin fermentation vessel, England, 1940-1945

Biotechnology

1940-1945

Penicillin fermentation vessel (early surface fermentation method), c. 1943

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

Motive Power

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

model, scale 1:12, of a 20 hp wagon boiler, 1801-1840.

Marconi coherer and Admiralty pattern decoherer, 1900-1910

Radio Communication

1900-1910

Marconi coherer and Admiralty pattern decoherer, unknown maker, British, 1900-1910

Volume 1 No. 1 of "Television" monthly magazine, 1928

Radio Communication

1928

Volume 1 number 1 of "Television" monthly magazine, "The Official Organ of the Television Society", published by Television Press Limited, British, March 1928.

Coolidge X-ray tube, 1913-1923.

X-rays

1913-1923

Coolidge x-ray tube, 1913-1923.

Demainbray's speaking trumpet

King George III

1700-1752

Speaking trumpet made between 1700-53, maker and place of production unknown, but once belonged to Stephen Demainbray.

Liquid-based cytology kit for cervical screening

Clinical Diagnosis

1990-2017

Liquid-based cytology kit for cervical screening. The kit contains two brushes to take cervical samples and a pot of liquid solution in which to transfer the sample. Made by BD Sure Path, 1990-2017

Exercise chair, England, 1840-1900

Therapeutics

1840-1900

English exercise chair, 19th century

Statue of the goddess Hygeia, Roman, 100 BCE - 100 CE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

100 BCE - 100 CE

Statue of Hygeia, white marble, found at Ostia, Roman, 100 BCE - 100 CE

Spring clock in ebony case by Samuel Knibb

Clockmakers

1665-1666

Spring table clock by Samuel Knibb in an ebony veneered oak case. The dial is 9 1/4 inch square, and engraved with spring flowers. 8-day fusee movement with verge escapement and short pendulum. Hour and half-hour count-wheel striking. Latched plates. Sparse engraving on backplate. Signed ‘Samuel Knibb Londini fecit.’ Westminster, c.1666.

Back bar for Boyle's type anaesthetic machine, London, England, 1941-1963

Anaesthesiology

1941-1963

Back bar for Boyle's type anaesthetic machine with vaporisers for ether and trilene, flowmeters for oxygen, cyclopropane and nitrous oxide and rebreathing bag, by the British Oxygen Company, Ltd., London, 1941-1963

Writing frame for the blind, Stockholm, Sweden, 1871

Printing & Writing

1871

Writing frame for the Blind made by C.A. Carlsson, Stockholm, 1871

Ebony and brass octant.

Astronomy

1777-1810

Octant signed ‘Watkins Charing Cross London’, made c. 1800. Ebony frame and limb, brass index arm and fittings, inlaid ivory plates on the crossbar and the back of the frame. The fouled anchor stamp was applied to instruments divided on a dividing engine; in this case either that of Jesse Ramsden (indicated by initials IR) or his apprentice Edward Pritchard (indicated by initials EP). The tangent screw is on the front of the index arm; the clamping screw is on the back. Three socket shades (two red, one green). Index-glass adjustment by screw; adjustment of the horizon glasses by screws, and by levers, wing nuts and milled clamping screws. The sight vane has two pinholes and a swivelling shade (red); the back sight vane has one pinhole. An ivory-capped pencil is fitted in the crossbar. No box.

Vodafone 'Transportable' mobile telephone, 1985

Telecommunications

1985

Transportable mobile telephone, made by Vodafone Limited, England, 1985

Canvas straitjacket for adults, London, England, 1930-1960

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1930-1960

Canvas straitjacket for restraining adult patients, made in London, England, c.1930-1960, and used at the Frenchay Hospital, Bristol.

enamelled notice regarding stone throwing, 1910-1936

Telecommunications

1910-1936

Enamelled notice "Persons throwing stones at the telegraph will be prosecuted", unknown maker for the General Post Office, British, 1910-1936

Chatelaine, England, 1701-1800

Public Health & Hygiene

1701-1800

Set of six toilet instruments on a chain, called a chatelaine, probably English, 18th century

Tecno T400 mobile telephone, 2010-2012

Telecommunications

2010-2012

T400 mobile phone, manufactured by Tecno, China, 2010-2012

"Brownie" Crystal Receiver Set No. 2, c.1925

Radio Communication

1925-1930

Crystal wireless set, No. 2 model manufactured by Brownie Wireless Company. No headphones, c. 1924

Rexophone crystal set with two pairs of Telefunken headphones (out of three), 1923-1930

Radio Communication

1923-1930

Rexophone crystal set manufactured by Morch Borthers Limited, London, 1924-1930. Complete with 3 pairs of headphones manufactuered by Telefunken, Germany, 1923-1930. The radio set used tapped inductance tuning and came in a mahogany cabinet with lid, a ‘Xylonite’ control panel available in different colours with imitation marble control knobs and nickel-plated fittings. Gold-plated fittings were supplied for an extra 5/-. It came with terminals for two pairs of headphones and had operating instructions inside the lid. The detector was twin-enclosed cats whiskers / galena detectors with a selector switch on the panel.

Mortar, stoneware, impressed "Wedgwood Best Compos

Experimental Chemistry

Mortar, stoneware, impressed "Wedgwood Best Composition", "W" and "N"; with ceramic pestle impressed "Wedgwood", "5" and "7", wooden handle

Morphy Richards pop-up toaster

Domestic Appliances

c. 1956

Morphy Richards pop-up toaster, model TUID, in cream, No. LC 20539, c. 1956.

Wooden chest for transporting penicillin during WWII

Biotechnology

1942 - 1945

Wooden chest used by Major Scott Thomson, RAMC, to transport penicillin supplies to North Africa during the Second World War, 1939-1945

Alidade for plane table outfit

Surveying

1801-1830

Alidade for plane table outfit by W. & S. Jones, 30 Holborn, London, England, 1801-1830

Dunlop Maxply Under 5 badminton racket with steel

Domestic Appliances

c. 1965

Dunlop Maxply Under 5 badminton racket with steel shaft. c. 1965.

Bronchitis amulet

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1914

London bronchitis amulet, white and yellow glass beads, Dalston, London, 1914

Specimen jar containing Wormwood

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1830-1930

Glass jar, contains wormwood from Europe

Physician's walking stick with snake carving

Orthopaedics

1771-1870

Physician's wooden walking stick with octagonal black handle and two snakes twined round shaft, probably English, 1770-1870

computer mouse prototype, 1963 (replica)

Computing & Data Processing

2011

Replica of original computer mouse prototype designed by Douglas Englebert in 1963 and patented in 1970, made by the Stanford Research Institute, California, United States, 2011.

MATLAB Version 1.0 Manual

Computing & Data Processing

1984

MATLAB Version 1.0 Manual, made by MathWorks, United Kingdom, 1984.

Mrs. Sage

.Unattributed

1785

Painting. [Mrs. Sage] / artist unknown, 1785. Oil on canvas, 77x 63cm or 92 x 78.5 x 11 cm in gilt frame. Portrait, HL, of Mrs. Letitia Ann Sage, 'The first English female aerial traveller' in Lunardi's balloon ascent of 29 June 1785; with balloon motif. Head, bust, white fur mantle, hat and half-veil. aeronaut/balloonist

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

Orthopaedics

1966

Pair of prosthetic legs for a child living with thalidomide impairments, including limb difference. The legs are non-jointed. The wooden feet have flat soles and red imitation shoe coverings. Made by Hanger in 1966.

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

Computing & Data Processing

1997

IBM ThinkPad 365e laptop computer, with Russian Cyrillic alphabet stickers on the keyboard keys, by IBM, Taiwan, 1997. This laptop computer was used in Helsinki, Finland.

Ekco AD75 radio receiver, 1946

Radio Communication

1946

Ekco AD75 receiver, designed by Wells Coates for E K Cole Limited, Leigh-on-Sea, England, 1946.