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Left prosthetic leg, Cyprus, 1914-1918

Orthopaedics

1914-1918

Green glass Woulfe bottle, Europe, 1851-1900

Laboratory Medicine

1851-1900

Post Office 332 telephone, 1938

Telecommunications

1938

Molecular model showing the structure of insulin

Biotechnology

1967

Stanhope square demonstrator, c.1805.

Mathematics

c.1805

Thomson's Mirror Galvanometer, 1858

Telecommunications

1858

Reporter mobile radiophone, 1951-1953

Radio Communication

1951-1953

Vertical Compound Steam Engine with Hackworth's Valve Gear, 1898

Motive Power

1898

Leather truncheon used at Narborough Mental Asylum

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1901-1930

Cooke and Wheatstone’s double-needle telegraph, 1838

Telecommunications

1838

Six bifurcated needles for smallpox vaccination

Public Health & Hygiene

1975-1978

Broca goniometer for measuring angles of the face

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1862-1900

Copy of Morton's inhaler

Anaesthesiology

1870-1920

Sextant by Jesse Ramsden

Astronomy

c. 1772

Lantern clock by Peter Closon

Clockmakers

1650-1560

Pair of artificial legs worn by Ed Freeman

Orthopaedics

1968-1972

United States Army Air Force camera

Photographic Technology

1940-1945

Brownie crystal receiver and pair of Lissen headphones, 1924-1927

Radio Communication

1924-1927

Magellan NAV 1000 GPS Receiver, 1991

Navigation

1991

Wax male anatomical figure

Anatomy & Pathology

1750-1774

Gunter quadrant

Astronomy

1650-1725

DLR No. 5 headphones from Wireless Set No. 38, 1939-1945

Radio Communication

1939-1945

Talking Drum from Cameroon, 1990-2010

Telecommunications

1990-2010

Small drum-shaped clock from the second quarter of the 16th Century

Clockmakers

1525-1550

Glass bottle of penicillin powder

Biotechnology

1943

Deccafax Viewdata terminal, 1979-1994

Telecommunications

1979-1994

Walking stick with ivory skull

Surgery

1740-1840

Celestial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu

Astronomy

1603

Creed teleprinter No. 3X, 1927-1942

Telecommunications

1927-1942

Armillary sphere by Girolamo Della Volpaia

Astronomy

1554

mobile telephone with large battery pack, 1980-1991

Telecommunications

1980-1991

Glass urinal

Public Health & Hygiene

1801-1900

706L telephone, 1959-1967

Telecommunications

1959-1967

Cryptograph (coding and decoding machine) by Sir Charles Wheatstone, 1843-1875

Telecommunications

1843-1875

Government issue field operation instrument set

Surgery

1940

Printing telegraph receiver, 1845-1851

Telecommunications

1845-1851

Primax moving iron loudspeaker, 1924-1927

Radio Communication

1924-1927

Watch by David Margotin with a Blois Enamelled Case

Clockmakers

1601-1700

Lord Kelvin's 'ironclad' marine galvanometer, 1865-1866

Electricity and Magnetism

1865-1866

Model of the 1956 designed Bluebird CN7 racing car

Road Transport

1960

Apple Newton MessagePad, 1993

Computing & Data Processing

1993

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-100 BCE

Nooth's apparatus, Europe, 1774-1831

Experimental Chemistry

1774-1831

Viscount telephone, 1982-1995

Telecommunications

1982-1995

Running blade for above-knee amputee

Orthopaedics

2012

Shade guide for "Myerson's Special" acrylic teeth

Dentistry

1970-1980

Motorola 'MICROTAC II F09' mobile telephone, 1992

Telecommunications

1992

Charriere-type double spine saw

Anatomy & Pathology

1820-1860

Leather pouch, part of paramedic equipment

Emergency Medicine

c.2000

Passion bottle

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1870-1920