Column dial by Henry Robert

1831-1870

George III's pendulum

1762

James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

Cubical polyhedral sundial

1751-1800

Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent

1783

Medal, Blanchard's balloon ascent, Nuremberg, Germany, 1787

1785

Medal commemorating balloon flight of Blanchard at Frankfurt

1785

Charles Green Aeronaut

1836

Medal commemorating first free balloon stratospheric flight of Professor Auguste Piccard and Dr. Paul Kipfer

1931

Cotton Bale Breaker

1911

Dye Sample

circa 1890

Dye Sample

circa 1890

Dye Sample

1916

Dye Sample

circa 1890

Wrought iron coffee mill with circular lidded hopper

1850-1900

Wrapping block

circa 1920

Sample of Acid Yellow Dye

circa 1890

Scutcher, made by Platt Brothers & Co. Ltd

1889

Ribbon loom with jacquard head

circa 1900

Woollen shawl

1880-1920

Half-penny coin

1806

Small white cup in soft paste porcelain

1748-1763

Replica of 1903 Wright Brothers' aero engine

after 1903

"Flammenwolf U" electric firelighter (German c.1935)

1935

Reason slot meter, c.1920.

1918-1922

East Indiaman Herefordshire

1815

Architect's model of S&J Watts' warehouse

1850-1856

Colour lithograph of the S.S. 'Great Eastern'

1850-1859

Portrait mezzotint print from engraving of Phelps Thomas and Bartlett John, 1778

1778

Addac adding machine

1926

Shelvador electric compression domestic refrigerator, c. 1934-1935.

1930-1940

Signal Block Bell, South Eastern Railway

1862

Silver medal, commemorates the International Health Exhibition

1884

Circular white metal medal

1830-1900

King George III's central forces machine

1762

Circular electric hot plate for domestic cooking

1892-1900

"Stebull" box shaped electric hair dryer

1920-1940

Hand-operated mill for grinding coffee beans

1880-1900

Charcoal-burning portable ornamental box foot warmer

1750-1850

Sugar nippers, 19th century.

1880-1900

Small printing forme representing Linotype set matter

1886

Ring spinning frame

1901

Water pipe from Water Street, Manchester

1890-1899

Marine thermometer by Negretti and Zambra

1890

Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral

1769

Small orrery by Benjamin Martin

1738-1777

Telephone crossbar switch, Swedish Ericsson, 1921

1921

The Improved Pedometer or Waywiser

1765-1806

Device for recording warder patrols in a Lunatic Asylum

1877-1897

Desk telephone transmitter and receiver (sectioned), 1926.

1926