Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Column dial by Henry Robert

1831-1870

George III's pendulum

1762

James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

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

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

Replica of 1903 Wright Brothers' aero engine

after 1903

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

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

Hand-operated mill for grinding coffee beans

1880-1900

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

The Improved Pedometer or Waywiser

1765-1806

Device for recording warder patrols in a Lunatic Asylum

1877-1897

Ready reckoner for ship's cargoes

1807

Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845

1845

Socrates

1790-1819

horological gravers

1850-1900

Wall telephone, 1880-1920

1880-1920

Experimental carbon block microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Glass bell jar with a brass collar

1761

'Pock-marked faces: A curious illusion', anti-vaccination leaflet

1880-1890

horological file

1850-1900

National Telephone Company directory, 1898-1899

1898-1899

A T & T national telephone directory, October 1896

1896

Pair of dental forceps

1820-1855