Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Pullman Car Company, called Topaz

1913

Model Great Northern Railway Centre-pivot Semaphore Signal

c.1912

Oxygen cylinder used by climbers on 1953 Mount Everest expedition

1952-3

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Papier mache model of human eye

1913

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Helmet, Great Western Railway, Fireman

1912

Model of Chambers' Signal Interlocking Frame

c.1912

model tank locomotive

1912

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Steiff donkey on wheels

circa 1913

model locomotive, London & North Western Railway Claughton class

1913

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Glass-stoppered bottle containing uranium

1801-1892 (prepared); 1946 (element replaced)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1st Class carriage 'Traveller'

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Burroughs hand operated adding and listing machine

1913

Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement

1705-1737

Model of Brunel's Disc and Crossbar Signal

c.1912

Model of Woods' Vane Signal

c.1912

Model of Gregory's semaphore signal

c.1912

Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, 1934

1934

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Model of Great Central Railway "Atlantic" Express Locomotive

1903 (original); 1982 (model)

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

1990-95

Copy of a bloodletting measuring device, England, 1977

1977; 1204-1206

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

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

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

2050-1750 BCE

100-Foot invar tape measure, British, 1912

1912

Images showing West Indian migrants arriving at London’s Waterloo station in May 1962

1962-05

The Ivel Agricultural Tractor

1902; 1913-1920

Reynaud's Praxinoscope Theatre

1879 (1956)

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

The orange market outside the city walls

1940-03

A driver at wheel of an Amilcar C6 racing car

1933-05

A photographic print of Films, "Bells Go Down"

1942-09

A photographic print of Ballet, Hamlet

1942-07

A photographic print of Ballet, Hamlet

1942-07

A photographic print of Birds, Budgerigars, (Illustrated Series)

1939-02

A photographic print of Housing, Post War, Houses - Factory Made Buildings

1963-01

A photographic print of Industry, Shipbuilding, Liners, Queen Elizabeth - Construction

1938-10

A photographic print of Industry, Agriculture, Workers - Volunteers

1947-04

A photographic print of Industry, Metal - Iron & Steel, Steel Casting & Moulding

1940-01

A photographic print of Industry, Household Goods, Furniture, Post War

1946-01

A photographic print of Industry, Printing - Newspaper, People

1955-10