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

1801-1900

Thumbscrew, France, 1601-1850

1601-1850

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

1872

Rover 'Safety' Bicycle, 1885

1885

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Vaginal Speculum for Applying Leeches

1801-1830

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

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

1871

Difference Engine No. 1

circa 1832

Snuff Box, England, 1771-1830

1771-1830

Alcock and Brown's Vickers Vimy Biplane

1919

Wooden Acupuncture Model

1681

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

1801-1900

Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg

1801

Phillip's Economic Computer

1949

Surgical instrument set, Germany, 1917

1917

Dental Pelican for Tooth Pulling

1701-1800

Dental instruments used for tooth pulling, France, 1700-1800

1700-1800

Obsidian possibly used in trephination experiments

1918-1920

Packet of 10 'Gold Flake' Cigarettes

1920-1950

Gas mask, Germany, 1915-1918

1915-1918

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

1700-1850

Three-ring Enigma cypher machine in oak wood transit case

1934

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

1872

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

1865-1866

Collection of sexual aids in a wooden box, Japan, 1930-1939

1930-1939

Model of Leeuwenhoek's microscope

1901-1930

'Openshaw' artificial wooden hand

circa 1919

Chinese Government Railways Steam Locomotive 4-8-4 KF Class No 7

1935

Great Northern Railway 4-2-2 locomotive Stirling Single

1870

SR 'Ellerman Lines' 4-6-2 Merchant Navy Class sectioned steam locomotive, No 35029

1949

'Merman'

1801-1900

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

Napier's Bones

1690

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

1897-1898

Watch in a puddingstone, gold and diamond case by John Leroux

1775-1785

Islamic horary quadrant, 1727-1728

1727-1728

Carved wooden figure of Job covered in boils, Europe, 1750-1850

1750-1850

'Gynaeplaque' model, United States, 1925-1935

1925-1935

Thompson's Revolver Camera

1862

Molecular model of penicillin by Dorothy M Crowfoot Hodgkin, England, 1945

1945

Southern Railway 0-6-0 Q1 class steam locomotive, No C1

1942

Full dentures, England, 1890-1900

1890-1900

Swan electric lamp

1878-1879

Packet of 'De Reszke Minors' Cigarettes

1920-1950

Water pipe from Water Street, Manchester

1890-1899

National Cash Register co model 422X cash register

circa 1910

Kodak "Retina I" camera with Compur rapid shutter, 1935.

1935

The Munition Girls

1918

Mill Engine

1903