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Category
Collection
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Object type
Place
Material
Date

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Babbage's Analytical Engine, 1834-1871. (Trial model)

1871

Smiths De Luxe Wristwatch Worn by Sir Edmund Hillary on His Ascent of Mount Everest 1953

1953

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

1770

Difference Engine No. 1

circa 1832

Three-ring Enigma cypher machine in oak wood transit case

1934

Swan electric lamp

1878-1879

Chinese Government Railways Steam Locomotive 4-8-4 KF Class No 7

1935

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

1872

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

1780-1850

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

Steam locomotive, entitled Evening Star

1960

'Pedoscope' shoe-fitting X-ray viewer

1948-1953

Model of the SS Oceanic (1899)

1899-1919

Edison telephone, 1879

1879

Frame for Leksell Stereotactic System

1992-1999

Watch made for the 1851 Great Exhibition by Alexander Watkins

1851

Rocket locomotive

1829

Cybernetic tortoise, developed to help with studies on brain function

1950-1952

Battery locomotive, North Staffordshire Railway

1917

Gold pair-cased watch with outer case chased in a basket-weave pattern by Charles Gretton

1702

Brass-bound lodestone

1675-1700

Cloth tape measure

1850-1860

Skaife's Pistolgraph Camera

1858

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family

1760-1775

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

1853-1857

Model of the ‘Optimus’ water closet, England

1870

Early balance spring watch by Thomas Tompion

1675-1679

Compagnie Internationale de Wagon-Lits et de Grands Express Europeens sleeping car, 1936

1936

Single-lens Cine Camera by Louis Le Prince

1888

Brass worksplate, Manning Wardle & Co

1920

Carriage Ashtray from Quintinshill Disaster

1915

Model of a North Eastern Railway coal wagon, c 1915

1910-1920

London & North Western Railway permanent-way whistle

Brass worksplate no 517, Manning Wardle & Co

1875

Brass worksplate no 917, Manning Wardle & Co

1884

London & Birmingham Railway clock

1837

Wooden and brass angle gauge

Right angle from London Brighton & South Coast Railway

Model diesel-electric locomotive

model passenger locomotive 1837

1837

Model locomotive, Great Western Railway

1916-1996

Model locomotive - Novelty

Model of Grand Junction Railway locomotive "Wildfire", 1839

1839

Conjectural model of Trevithick's locomotive 'Catch-me-who-can'

1808

Shoehorn made from Rescued Brass from Thirsk Disaster

1892

Scale Model Mail Coach with Horses and Figures

Model of Robert Duncan's screw propeller, with stern frame and rudder, as fitted to the Egyptian government yacht 'Sareea

1886-1887

Train staff and ticket box, Gipsy Lane