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Place
Material
Date

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

1801-1900

Thumbscrew, France, 1601-1850

1601-1850

Rover 'Safety' Bicycle, 1885

1885

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

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

1872

Difference Engine No. 1

circa 1832

Swan electric lamp

1878-1879

Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg

1801

Ribbon loom with jacquard head

circa 1900

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

1700-1850

Cubical polyhedral sundial

1751-1800

Edison telephone, 1879

1879

Cash sword of coins for protecting new born baby from harmful spirits

1701-1800

Edison's electric carbon filament lamp

1879

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

1871

Napier's Bones

1690

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

1770

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

1872

Earthenware Phrenological Bust

1860-1896

One of the First Rechargeable Batteries, about 1860

1860

Musical table clock by Thwaites for Barraud

1767

Pocket globe in case by Dudley Adams

1799-1802

Laennec's stethoscope

1815-1825

Snuff Box, England, 1771-1830

1771-1830

Dental Pelican for Tooth Pulling

1701-1800

Carved ivory model of a skull, with teeth present

1701-1800

Memento mori skull and crossbones

1801-1900

Underwood 1 Typewriter, 1897

1897

'Merman'

1801-1900

Amputation saw, Europe, 1501-1600

1501-1600

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

1889

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

1853-1857

Vaginal Speculum for Applying Leeches

1801-1830

Prototype of the Brougham carriage

1838

Cloth tape measure

1850-1860

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Writing machine for blind people, United Kingdom, 1862

1862

Orthopaedic corset, Europe, 1801-1880

1801-1880

Boot for torture purposes, probably English, 1501-1600

1501-1700

Rocket locomotive

1829

Selection of microscope slide pieces

1850-1900

Scold's Bridle Mask which partially covers face

1550-1800

Enamel notice, Dinorwic Quarries Railway

1895

London & South Western Railway pathway notice

1896

Wolferton station master hand lamp

1870-1880

great north of england railway bye laws notice

1842

Small crucible, large broken piece missing

1790-1819

Wood and iron truss for sculpture machine

1790-1819