Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

The Munition Girls

1918

Oxygen cylinder used by climbers on 1953 Mount Everest expedition

1952-3

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

'Openshaw' artificial wooden hand

circa 1919

Alcock and Brown's Vickers Vimy Biplane

1919

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Victory medal - G F W Keen

1918

Hobbs-type artificial left hand, Europe, 1918

1918

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Handcuffs, steel

1918

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Model of Great Central Railway "Atlantic" Express Locomotive

1903 (original); 1982 (model)

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Steam Locomotive, number 901

1919

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Glass-stoppered bottle containing uranium

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

General Electric CA101 Pilotron triode (McVitie Weston valve collection), 1918

1918

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1934

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

1990-95

Victory Medal, 1914-1919

1919

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

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

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

Model Boat from Cyclades, 2800 BC

2800 BCE

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

Model of Henry Cavendish's Torsion Balance Gravitational Apparatus, 1798

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

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

2050-1750 BCE

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

Reynaud's Praxinoscope Theatre

1879 (1956)

Model of an Assyrian kelek or raft of inflated ox-hides, one of three models of Babylonian vessels of skin

700 BCE; 1931

Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

2000-1001 BCE

Ediswan carbon filament light bulb

circa 1919

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

Daily Herald Photograph: London Allotments and Gardens' Show

1934-08

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