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Thumbscrew, France, 1601-1850

1601-1850

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

1801-1900

Snuff Box, England, 1771-1830

1771-1830

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Dental Pelican for Tooth Pulling

1701-1800

Swan electric lamp

1878-1879

Edison telephone, 1879

1879

Model of Wright Flyer

1903

Thornton-Pickard Amber camera

circa 1897

Model of human eye

1870

Wooden Acupuncture Model

1681

Artificial arm, below-elbow prosthesis

1895-1904

Napier's Bones

1690

Rocket locomotive

1829

'Memento mori' watch in the form of a skull, known as the 'Mary Queen of Scots' watch.

1780-1850

Thompson's Revolver Camera

1862

Laennec's stethoscope

1815-1825

Cranial trephine

1771-1830

Wooden statue of St Adrian

1700-1850

Aveling and Porter steam traction engine

circa 1871

Marble statue of George Stephenson, 1852

1852

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

1898

Glass infant feeding bottle, Europe, 1801-1900

1801-1900

Mill Engine

1903

Divers Projets

1798

Pharmacy sign in the shape of a unicorn's head

1700-1870

North Eastern Railway, locomotive 910

1875

Set of wheels from Blenkinsop Railway locomotive

1880

Anamorphosis Painting of Perspective View of a Ship Model

1744-1774

'Merman'

1801-1900

Vaginal Speculum for Applying Leeches

1801-1830

Edison's electric carbon filament lamp

1879

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)

Model paddle wheel engines of the SS 'Great Eastern'

1853-1857

A steam hammer at work

1871

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton

1820

Hand painted Indian cotton fabric

1700-1800

Fowler's phrenological head

1879-1896

Whitworth Planing Machine

circa 1842

Great Northern Railway 4-2-2 locomotive Stirling Single

1870

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

1846

Rolls-Royce 10 hp, two cylinder motor car

1905

Dividing engine for making sextants and octants

Made late 1700s, modified 1800s

Longcase clock by James and John Harrison

1728

Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe

1854

Wagon owners plate, Shell-Mex & BP

1901

Dandy cart and horse

1845-1855

Swannington Incline Winding Engine, Leicester & Swannington Railway, 1832

1832

Doorcase 56 Lincoln’s Inn Fields

circa 1750