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James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

Medal commemorating first free balloon stratospheric flight of Professor Auguste Piccard and Dr. Paul Kipfer

1931

Cotton Bale Breaker

1911

Dye Sample

circa 1890

Dye Sample

circa 1890

Dye Sample

1916

Dye Sample

circa 1890

Wrapping block

circa 1920

Sample of Acid Yellow Dye

circa 1890

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

"Flammenwolf U" electric firelighter (German c.1935)

1935

Reason slot meter, c.1920.

1918-1922

Addac adding machine

1926

Signal Block Bell, South Eastern Railway

1862

Silver medal, commemorates the International Health Exhibition

1884

Circular electric hot plate for domestic cooking

1892-1900

Hand-operated mill for grinding coffee beans

1880-1900

Sugar nippers, 19th century.

1880-1900

Small printing forme representing Linotype set matter

1886

Ring spinning frame

1901

Water pipe from Water Street, Manchester

1890-1899

Marine thermometer by Negretti and Zambra

1890

Telephone crossbar switch, Swedish Ericsson, 1921

1921

Device for recording warder patrols in a Lunatic Asylum

1877-1897

Desk telephone transmitter and receiver (sectioned), 1926.

1926

'You may telephone from here' sign, 1910-1936

1910-1936

Wall telephone, 1880-1920

1880-1920

Experimental carbon block microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

'Pock-marked faces: A curious illusion', anti-vaccination leaflet

1880-1890

National Telephone Company directory, 1898-1899

1898-1899

A T & T national telephone directory, October 1896

1896

Mechanical telephone, 1880-1920

1880-1920

Edison telephone, 1879

1879

Magneto-ringing Ericsson telephone, 1892-1920

1892-1920

Model steam locomotive

1890

Enamelled notice regarding stone throwing, 1910-1936

1910-1936

Full dentures, England, 1890-1900

1890-1900

Powdered graphite microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Loading coil, 1910-1930

1910-1930

"Airway" vacuum cleaner, c.1930

1930

Five-line single cord switchboard, 1900-1909

1900-1909

Receiving ‘jigger’ used by the Marconi Company, 1899

1899

Cut glass bottle with deeply incised decoration

1860-1900

Experimental carbon pencil microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Duchenne's Late C19 Magneto Electric Therapy Machine

1860-1900

Cut glass perfume bottle with ball-top stopper

1860-1900

Selector switch, 1903

1903