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Box for 'Trilene' tablets, Europe, 1801-1900

1801-1900

Thumbscrew, France, 1601-1850

1601-1850

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Rover 'Safety' Bicycle, 1885

1885

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

1871

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

1872

Snuff Box, England, 1771-1830

1771-1830

Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg

1801

Vaginal Speculum for Applying Leeches

1801-1830

Napier's Bones

1690

Swan electric lamp

1878-1879

Difference Engine No. 1

circa 1832

Cubical polyhedral sundial

1751-1800

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

Great Northern Railway 4-2-2 locomotive Stirling Single

1870

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

1700-1850

Builder's whole, rigged model, of SS 'Great Eastern', 1853-1857

1853-1857

Rocket locomotive

1829

Edison telephone, 1879

1879

Model of Grew's locomotive for ice

circa 1861

Set of thirteen spirit bubbles, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1801-1900

1801-1900

Sewing machine by Elias Howe

circa 1846

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

1872

Arkwright's Water Frame

1775

Thompson's Revolver Camera

1862

Dental Pelican for Tooth Pulling

1701-1800

North Eastern Railway, locomotive 910

1875

Britannia statue

1849

Wells Cathedral clock, 1392

1392

Prototype of the Brougham carriage

1838

Belt made of spiked metal, Europe, 1501-1700

1501-1700

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

Strowger step-by-step automatic telephone exchange switch, 1897-1898

1897-1898

Model paddle wheel engines of the SS 'Great Eastern'

1853-1857

Edison's electric carbon filament lamp

1879

Laennec's stethoscope

1815-1825

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

1889

Scold's Bridle Mask which partially covers face

1550-1800

'Merman'

1801-1900

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Furness Railway steam locomotive 'Coppernob' 0-4-0, No 3, 1846

1846

Iron handcuffs with key, 1800-1899

1801-1900

Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.

1769

Orrery made by John Rowley for the Earl of Orrery

1712-1713

Trough battery, 1801-1838

1801-1838

Wooden Acupuncture Model

1681

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

1791

Portrait of Isaac Newton

1862-1863

Aveling and Porter steam traction engine

circa 1871

Robert Hooke type microscope and accessory

1671-1700