Babbage's Analytical Engine, 1834-1871. (Trial model)
1871
'Over London-by Rail', Engraving, London, England, 1872
1872
Difference Engine No. 1
circa 1832
William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872
1872
Builder's whole, rigged model, of SS 'Great Eastern', 1853-1857
1853-1857
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia
1847-1848
Britannia statue
1849
One of the First Rechargeable Batteries, about 1860
1860
Queen Adelaide's Saloon, No. 2
1842
Phrenological head
1821
Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton
1820
Double beam engine model
1840-1851
Model of the ‘Optimus’ water closet, England
1870
Manchester and Birmingham Railway Carriage
1840
Distinguished Men of Science
1862
Grasshopper Engine
1840
Skaife's Pistolgraph Camera
1858
Operative Society of Bricklayers
1866-1870
Carbolic steam spray used by Joseph Lister
1866-1870
Model of a Power Loom for Plain Weaving
1857
'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century
1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Watch made for the 1851 Great Exhibition by Alexander Watkins
1851
Cooke and Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1844
1844
Sundial from Liverpool Road Station
1833
'Dr Syntax and his wife making an experiment in pneumatics', print, London, England, 1820
1820
Marble statue of George Stephenson, 1852
1852
Croll Testimonial silver gilt fountain, Parcel-gilt Victorian silver rosewater fountain designed as a table centrepiece
1870
'The British Nave' at the Great Exhibition of 1851
1851
Columnar Engine, 1862
1862
Lancashire Loom
circa 1880
Machine used for covering wires with silk and cotton, 1837
1837
Oersted Compass Needle, 1828
1828
Haydock Colliery Steam Engine
1830
Hand loom
1825-1835
Domestic Sewing Machine for chain stitich
1868
Single needle telegraph, 1846
1846
Hole punch, for making Jacquard cards
1870
Robert Dudgeon’s sphygmograph
1876
Crossley Brothers Atmospheric Gas Engine
1874
Micrometer type mechanical comparator
1855
Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858
1857-1858
Sample of submarine telegraph cable, 1866
1866
Model Passenger Locomotive, 1840-1845
1840-1845
Glass flask containing urine
1865-1877
Wax anatomical model of thorax showing ecthyma luridum
1825-1879
Pharmacy leech jar
1831-1870
Thames Tunnel opening commemorative medal, 1843
1843
Paddlewheel used by James Joule
c1860