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Place
Material
Date

Cotton Bale Breaker

1911

Dye Sample

1916

Wrought iron coffee mill with circular lidded hopper

1850-1900

Scutcher, made by Platt Brothers & Co. Ltd

1889

Ribbon loom with jacquard head

circa 1900

Woollen shawl

1880-1920

Replica of 1903 Wright Brothers' aero engine

after 1903

Reason slot meter, c.1920.

1918-1922

Architect's model of S&J Watts' warehouse

1850-1856

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

1850-1859

Addac adding machine

1926

Shelvador electric compression domestic refrigerator, c. 1934-1935.

1930-1940

Penguin book

1948

Penguin book

1946

Bild Lilli doll. Made of all-rigid plastic with jointd limbs

1955

Miniature Bild Lilli doll (unclothed)

1955

'Picture Post' magazine. March 6, 1943

1943

Booklet. 'Family Guide to the National Insurance Scheme'

1948

"Stebull" box shaped electric hair dryer

1920-1940

Hand-operated mill for grinding coffee beans

1880-1900

Ring spinning frame

1901

Flask

1880-1950

High frequency sliding inductance on wood base, 1900-1950

1900-1950

Telephone crossbar switch, Swedish Ericsson, 1921

1921

Wooden pillar insulators, 1900-1950

1900-1950

Stud field regulator, 1900-1950

1900-1950

Desk telephone transmitter and receiver (sectioned), 1926.

1926

Specimen of the first transatlantic telephone cable, deep sea type, 1956

1956

Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845

1845

Copper busbars and ebonite insulators, 1900-1950

1900-1950

National Telephone Company directory, 1898-1899

1898-1899

A T & T national telephone directory, October 1896

1896

Magneto-ringing Ericsson telephone, 1892-1920

1892-1920

Model steam locomotive

1890

horological rubber

1850-1900

Rotary convertor, 1900-1950

1900-1950

The Great Exhibition Polka 1851

1851

Part of Rugby transatlantic telephone transmitter, 1927-1956

1927-1956

Guard lamps on wooden board, 1900-950

1900-1950

Receiving ‘jigger’ used by the Marconi Company, 1899

1899

Selector switch, 1903

1903

Chromolithograph: Amalgamated Society of Engineers Machinists ... by Blades

1904

Aerial tuning inductance, 1900-1950

1900-1950

Strowger automatic telephone, 1901-1910

1901-1910

Impulse sender (dial), 1915

1915

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

1879

Strowger calling dial, 1906

1906

Phrenological (Spreading) Calipers

1820-1850

Replica of Bell's 1876 'iron-box' receiver, 1959

1876

Gordon universal type dental forceps

1835-1870