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Three-ring Enigma cypher machine in oak wood transit case

1934

'Memento mori' watch in the form of a skull, known as the 'Mary Queen of Scots' watch.

1780-1850

Roman cupping vessel

1-79 CE

Ancient Greek Cupping Cup

400 BCE- 100 BCE

Laennec's stethoscope

1815-1825

'Cat's whisker' Crystal Radio

1920-1925

Obsidian possibly used in trephination experiments

1918-1920

Wells Cathedral clock, 1392

1392

Alcock and Brown's Vickers Vimy Biplane

1919

Kendrew's original model of the myoglobin molecule

1957

Contraceptive Sponge

1920-1960

Aveling and Porter steam traction engine

circa 1871

Class 08 Shunter

1953

Southern Railway 0-6-0 Q1 class steam locomotive, No C1

1942

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

1872

'Pedoscope' shoe-fitting X-ray viewer

1948-1953

English Electric Company diesel electric locomotive 'Deltic' Co-Co 3300HP, 1955

1955

Model of the SS Oceanic (1899)

1899-1919

Tracy, a transgenic sheep

1990-1997

Packet of 20 Marlboro Lights

1999

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

Maxim's 'Pipe of Peace', 1909-1910

1909-1910

Iron handcuffs with key, 1800-1899

1801-1900

Cloth tape measure

1850-1860

Skaife's Pistolgraph Camera

1858

Reid III Rangefinder Camera

circa 1956

Underwood 1 Typewriter, 1897

1897

Wooden Acupuncture Model

1681

'Merman'

1801-1900

Bowl from Hiroshima, Japan

1935-1945

Gresley Buffet Car

1937

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

1853-1857

Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770

1770

'Prorace' cervical cap

1915-1925

Artificial right arm

1943

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

'Self-Conscious Gene' sculpture by Marc Quinn

2019

Prototype of the Brougham carriage

1838

Bush TV22 Television Receiver, 1945-1955

1945-1955

Ericsson A1018s mobile telephone, 1998-2002

1998-2002

Motorola 'GSM flare' mobile telephone, 1995

1995

200 series dial telephone, 1925-1935

1925-1935

Nokia 1011 Mobile Telephone, 1992-1994

1992-1994

Hoover constellation vacuum cleaner with attachments

circa 1956-1959

Rocket locomotive

1829

Strowger 2000-type two-motion group selector

circa 1980

Vaginal speculum, Roman, 100 BCE-400 CE

100 BCE-400 CE

Kodak Retina (Type 117)

1934-1935

Experimental diesel railbus, LEV 1, 1975

1975

Burroughs Class 5 hand operated mechanical adding machine with ten registers

1920-1925