Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Rover 'Safety' Bicycle, 1885

1885

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

1871

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

1872

Difference Engine No. 1

circa 1832

Swan electric lamp

1878-1879

Edison telephone, 1879

1879

Model paddle wheel engines of the SS 'Great Eastern'

1853-1857

Great Northern Railway 4-2-2 locomotive Stirling Single

1870

Furness Railway steam locomotive 'Coppernob' 0-4-0, No 3, 1846

1846

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

1872

Cooke and Wheatstone's four needle telegraph, 1838

1838

Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.

1850

Schwann's microscope (no case)

1835

Edison's electric carbon filament lamp

1879

Prototype of the Brougham carriage

1838

Sewing machine by Elias Howe

circa 1846

Watch made for the 1851 Great Exhibition by Alexander Watkins

1851

Underwood 1 Typewriter, 1897

1897

Cammann type binaural stethoscope

1845-1855

Ear trumpet

1850-1900

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

Rocket locomotive

1829

Single-lens Cine Camera by Louis Le Prince

1888

Column dial by Henry Robert

1831-1870

James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

Silver medal, commemorates the International Health Exhibition

1884

Circular white metal medal

1830-1900

Charles Green Aeronaut

1836

Hand loom

1825-1835

Scutcher, made by Platt Brothers & Co. Ltd

1889

Ribbon loom with jacquard head

circa 1900

Platt Brothers Notice

1898

Platt Brothers Notice

1899

Architect's model of S&J Watts' warehouse

1850-1856

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

1850-1859

Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845

1845

The Great Exhibition Polka 1851

1851

Cut glass bottle with deeply incised decoration

1860-1900

Brass amulet to protect the wearer from cholera, France, 1820-1880

1820-1880

Engraving: Watt's first experiment. Marcus Stone ARA pinxt; Herbert Bourne sculpt; published by Appleton & Co

1879

Lithograph, Chronological pictures of English History

1850-1859

Purse presented to George Hall esq

1853

Travelling tea case in leather case

1895

Cast iron plaque from Queenstown Road Bridge, Battersea, London, 1865

1865

Model steam locomotive

1882

Silver model of the Eleanor Cross at Charing Cross Station

1867-1868

Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849

1849

Bridge plaque - 1855

1855

Down Pipe from Maldon Witham & Braintree Railway

1846-1859

Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe

1854