Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Royal footwarmer, Great Western Railway

1856

earthenware commemorative plate displaying the company seal of the Hull & Hornsea Railway

1860

Bronze bust of William Stuart

1855

Model of Great Central Railway "Atlantic" Express Locomotive

1903 (original); 1982 (model)

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Stained glass panel from Gorton Works

1897

Stained glass panel from Gorton Works

1897

Locomotive tender no. 1002, Great Northern Railway

1893

Bust of James Watt in Parian Ware made by Josiah Wedgwood & Sons from original by E.W. Wyon

after 1859

Wrap reel/Hank winder

1877

Lancashire Loom

circa 1880

Platt Brothers Notice

1899

Drawing frame

1901

Drawing frame

1901

Yarn Balance

circa 1900

Carding Engine

1896

Larmuth Loom

circa 1860

Model of a Power Loom for Plain Weaving

1857

Model of Jenning's patent water closet

1895-1905

Great Western Railway locomotive headlamp

1897

Great Western Railway locomotive headlamp

1897

Billi condenser used for aerial tuning in Newfoundland, 1901

1901

Receiving ‘jigger’ used by the Marconi Company, 1898

1898

Parsons' steam turbine generator, 1884

1884

Portrait of Isaac Newton

1862-1863

Electrogalvanic amulet

1880-1900

Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB

1990-95

Improved Patent Magneto Electric Machine for nervous diseases

1862

Model of a Jacquard loom, with shuttle and components

1867

Whole model of the Russian torpedo boat destroyer 'Sokol'

1895-1900

Copy of a bloodletting measuring device, England, 1977

1977; 1204-1206

Tower's handcuffs

1882-1890

Reis telephone, 1863.

1863

Original vacuum cleaner, from to Royal Naval College

1905

Kodak No 1 Camera

circa 1891

English-Built 'Boneshaker' Bicycle

1865-1870

'City of Truro' Steam locomotive

1903

Holmes-type stereoscope

circa 1905

The first Wheeler and Wilson sewing machine, 1866.

1866

Rabbit in cabbage musical automaton

1890

Replica of Edison's First Phonograph, 1877.

1877

Bell Telephone

1878

Replica of Lightning Conductor by Benjamin Franklin, United States, 1730-1760

1730-1760 (original); 1931-1939 (replica)

‘Autoperipatetikos’ Walking Doll

1862

Three-wheeled motor car

1888

Telephone receiver 1881

1881

Hypodermic syringe, Europe, 1871-1900

1871-1900

Marey's Camera for Chronophotography

1882

John Baskerville

1851-1861

Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)