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Material
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Thumbscrew, France, 1601-1850

1601-1850

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

1801-1900

Rover 'Safety' Bicycle, 1885

1885

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

1871

Snuff Box, England, 1771-1830

1771-1830

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

1872

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

1770

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

Difference Engine No. 1

circa 1832

Thornton-Pickard Amber camera

circa 1897

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

1872

One of the First Rechargeable Batteries, about 1860

1860

Model of human eye

1870

Wooden Acupuncture Model

1681

Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg

1801

Artificial arm, below-elbow prosthesis

1895-1904

Napier's Bones

1690

Orrery made by John Rowley for the Earl of Orrery

1712-1713

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

1853-1857

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

1775-1785

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

North Eastern Railway, locomotive 910

1875

Divers Projets

1798

Pharmacy sign in the shape of a unicorn's head

1700-1870

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

Skaife's Pistolgraph Camera

1858

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

Huskisson Memorial

1831

Britannia statue

1849

A steam hammer at work

1871

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788