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

1770

'Prorace' cervical cap

1915-1925

Artificial right arm

1943

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

Prototype of the Brougham carriage

1838

200 series dial telephone, 1925-1935

1925-1935

Rocket locomotive

1829

Kodak Retina (Type 117)

1934-1935

Burroughs Class 5 hand operated mechanical adding machine with ten registers

1920-1925

Spring-driven Bracket Clock by Isaac Thuret

1665-1670

Rectal speculum

1870-1890

Memento mori skull and crossbones

1801-1900

Schwann's microscope (no case)

1835

Lockheed 10A Electra, serial no 1037, 1935.

1935

Mill Engine

1903

Gas mask, Germany, 1915-1918

1915-1918

National Cash Register co model 422X cash register

circa 1910

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

1935

Mechanical telephone, 1880-1920

1880-1920

Strowger automatic telephone, 1901-1910

1901-1910

Morse key, 1850-1870.

1850-1870

Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.

1850

One of the First Rechargeable Batteries, about 1860

1860

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

1945

Packet of 'De Reszke Minors' Cigarettes

1920-1950

Post mortem table ceramic

1921-1930

Ribbon loom with jacquard head

circa 1900

Pair of child's orthopaedic boots

1879-1923

Collecting aluminium pots and pans to make aeroplanes

1940

Watt's end measuring machine

1776

Pneumothorax apparatus for injecting gas into the thoracic cavity in order to collapse the lung

1901-1930

Empty bottle for Opium tincture tablets

1880-1940

Tin of 'Allenburys' throat pastilles, London, England, 1920-1940

1920-1940

Columnar Engine, 1862

1862

The Demon Detective camera

1889

Thornton-Pickard Amber camera

circa 1897

BP tank wagon

1901

Battery locomotive, North Staffordshire Railway

1917

Cape Government locomotive and tender 4-8-0, 1896

1896

Clarke's Hydrometer (c. 1755)

1755

Trough battery, 1801-1838

1801-1838

Longcase clock with tidal dial by Christopher Pinchbeck

1715-1725

Marine chronometer by Brockbanks

1802

The Dutton Viaduct on the Grand Junction Railway, over the Valley of the Weaver

1837-1840

Model of the ‘Optimus’ water closet, England

1870

Bragg X-ray spectrometer, England, 1910-1926

1910-1926

Magnifying stereoscope, 1940

1940

Pair cased watch by Anna Adamson

1685

Model of human eye

1870

Bullion box containing lead shot

1855