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Experimental transmitting ‘jigger’ used by the Marconi Company, 1899

1899

Atlantic cable specimen, 1865

1865

Sample of the first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

Richet-type forceps

1851-1900

Rectal speculum

1870-1890

Wise's Patent Train Staff

1886

Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854

1854

Circular white metal medal

1830-1900

Hand-operated mill for grinding coffee beans

1880-1900

Charles Green Aeronaut

1836

Wrought iron coffee mill with circular lidded hopper

1850-1900

Lancet case, carved with pictures of Napoleon's tomb

1821-1850

Wooden figure of man practising moxibustion

1750-1800

South-East View of Sheffield

1855

John Harrison, oil painting

1767

Writing frame for the blind, Stockholm, Sweden, 1871

1871

Wood-working brace drill, with button-operated latch chuck, 1875-1885

circa 1880

Painted mask from Kolam masked play

1771-1860

Statue of St Cosmas, France, 1801-1900

1801-1900

Praeclarissimus Isaacus Newton Eques

1787

Green glass eye bath, Europe, 1801-1900

1801-1900

Clear glass specimen jar for turmeric root

1880-1899

Triple bladed vaccination lancet, London, England, 1822-1875

1822-1875

Tinder pistol

1750-1800

Water Pipe

1890 - 1900

Eudiometer, Europe, 1770-1900

1770-1900

Phrenological head, microcephalic

1820-1830

Plane table outfit by Benjamin Cole

1750-1766

Double-current telegraph key, 1830-1900

1830-1900

Mural arc made for King George III

1770

The Improved Pedometer or Waywiser

1765-1806

Caricature showing a publican's dilemma during a cholera epidemic, Europe, c. 1854

circa 1854

Pharmacy leech jar

1760-1820

Calabash tobacco pipe

1850-1900

Lead tobacco jar

1780-1860

Wood tobacco pipe

1801-1900

Larmuth Loom

circa 1860

Brass ear trumpet

1801-1900

Four-Wheeled Hand Crane

1850

Lucien Sharpe sheet metal gauge

circa 1850

William Thomson's marine mirror galvanometer, 1850-1900

1854

Bell Transmitter with Membrane Diaphragm, 1875-1877

1875-1877

Mrs. Sage

1785

Beam compass by George Adams

1775-1795

Obstetrical instrument set, United Kingdom, 1871-1900

1871-1900

Block instrument (lock and block)

1897

Textile printing block, rectangular

1760-1775 probable date

Annie, My first Success, 1864'

1864

Ice-skate of about 1830, wood with metal runner

1830

Panorama de Paris

1878