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

1872

Rover 'Safety' Bicycle, 1885

1885

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

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

1871

Alcock and Brown's Vickers Vimy Biplane

1919

Surgical instrument set, Germany, 1917

1917

Obsidian possibly used in trephination experiments

1918-1920

Gas mask, Germany, 1915-1918

1915-1918

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

1872

Lord Kelvin's 'ironclad' marine galvanometer, 1865-1866

1865-1866

Model of Leeuwenhoek's microscope

1901-1930

'Openshaw' artificial wooden hand

circa 1919

Great Northern Railway 4-2-2 locomotive Stirling Single

1870

Strowger step-by-step automatic telephone exchange switch, 1897-1898

1897-1898

Thompson's Revolver Camera

1862

Full dentures, England, 1890-1900

1890-1900

Swan electric lamp

1878-1879

Water pipe from Water Street, Manchester

1890-1899

National Cash Register co model 422X cash register

circa 1910

The Munition Girls

1918

Mill Engine

1903

Aveling and Porter steam traction engine

circa 1871

'Cat's whisker' Crystal Radio

1920-1925

Bo-Third Rail No D75S

1898

Battery locomotive, North Staffordshire Railway

1917

Edison telephone, 1879

1879

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

1858

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Windsor mantle clock

1845-1855

The Ardente Hearing aid, London, England, 1920-1930

1920-1930

Toothbrush with horsehair bristles, London, England, 1870-1920

1870-1920

Sectional Model of a Beam Engine, 1866.

1866

Model Great Northern Railway Centre-pivot Semaphore Signal

c.1912

Sewing machine by Elias Howe

circa 1846

Model of Wright Flyer

1903

Cammann type binaural stethoscope

1845-1855

Steam locomotive, 'Bauxite'

1874

Rolls-Royce 10 hp, two cylinder motor car

1905

Builder's whole, rigged model, of SS 'Great Eastern', 1853-1857

1853-1857

Kelvinator electric compression domestic refrigerator no 5534

1926

Magic lantern slide depicting Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Alice and The Queen of Hearts

1870s

James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

Replica of 1903 Wright Brothers' aero engine

after 1903

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

The Great Exhibition Polka 1851

1851

Copper plaque stamped with a Latin cross for protection against cholera

1900-1909

Necklace worn to ward off the Evil Eye

1880-1930

Protective leather and chain mail mask

1917-1918

Galvanic brooch

1880-1920

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

1904