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Brennan's Gyroscopic Mono-rail Car

1907

Swan electric lamp

1878-1879

Edison telephone, 1879

1879

Model of Wright Flyer

1903

Gas mask, Germany, 1915-1918

1915-1918

Obsidian possibly used in trephination experiments

1918-1920

Alcock and Brown's Vickers Vimy Biplane

1919

Thornton-Pickard Amber camera

circa 1897

'Cat's whisker' Crystal Radio

1920-1925

Battery locomotive, North Staffordshire Railway

1917

Model of human eye

1870

Model of Leeuwenhoek's microscope

1901-1930

Artificial arm, below-elbow prosthesis

1895-1904

Rocket locomotive

1829

Steel-bound fetish pipe

1880-1920

Dissecting microscope used by Sir Ronald Ross

1890-1910

Thompson's Revolver Camera

1862

Wooden figure of pregnant female

1880-1920

Aveling and Porter steam traction engine

circa 1871

Marble statue of George Stephenson, 1852

1852

Vertical Compound Steam Engine with Hackworth's Valve Gear, 1898

1898

The Munition Girls

1918

Mill Engine

1903

Strowger automatic telephone, 1901-1910

1901-1910

Leather truncheon used at Narborough Mental Asylum

1901-1930

North Eastern Railway, locomotive 910

1875

Set of wheels from Blenkinsop Railway locomotive

1880

Bottle of Hunyadi Janos mineral water, unopened

1900-1920

Edison's electric carbon filament lamp

1879

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)

Model paddle wheel engines of the SS 'Great Eastern'

1853-1857

A steam hammer at work

1871

Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton

1820

Fowler's phrenological head

1879-1896

Whitworth Planing Machine

circa 1842

Great Northern Railway 4-2-2 locomotive Stirling Single

1870

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

1846

Rolls-Royce 10 hp, two cylinder motor car

1905

Experimental television receiver used by JL Baird in demonstration, made 1925-1926

1925-1926

Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe

1854

Wagon owners plate, Shell-Mex & BP

1901

Dandy cart and horse

1845-1855

Swannington Incline Winding Engine, Leicester & Swannington Railway, 1832

1832

Neveroil Roller Bearing axlebox for light railway truck

1930

Harwood self-winding wrist-watch of about 1930

circa 1930

Double surface of revolution of constant negative curvature

1910

Revolution of constant negative curvature

1910

A Stchety, Russian Abacus.

1901-1930

Single line staff, North Eastern Railway, Between Wharram and Fimber

1862-1912

seal die - Colne Valley and Halstead Railway

1856