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Watch with mock pendulum, by M. Martinot

Clockmakers

1700

Wandering hour watch by Sinclare, Dublin, c.1690

Clockmakers

1690

scale with metal stand for Thompson mirror speaking galvanometer, 1858

Telecommunications

1858

Marine chronometer by E. Barthet, found on an abandoned ship

Clockmakers

1840

Magnetic compass and sundial by Henry Sutton

Navigation

1650-1665

Felt and Tarrant Comptometer, 1887.

Mathematics

circa 1900

Schwann's microscope (no case)

Microscopes

1835

carriage ashtray from Quintinshill disaster

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1915

Hollerith 45 column horizontal electrical sorting machine, 1920-1930

Computing & Data Processing

1920-1930

Cloth tape measure

Hand and Machine Tools

1850-1860

Fireless locomotive, named Imperial

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1956

Silver watch in the shape of a Tudor rose by William Clay

Clockmakers

1640

Rock crystal and silver watch in the form of a tulip, by Sermand c.1640

Clockmakers

1640

Watch movement with a quarter-repeating mechanism of early design by Thomas Tompion.

Clockmakers

1680

Cybernetic tortoise, developed to help with studies on brain function

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1950-1952

George III's pendulum

King George III

1762

Barrel and Device from George III's guinea and feather' apparatus

King George III

1761

Early Culpeper microscope

Microscopes

1720-1730

Bundle of wire, bound with thick brass wire

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Arc for Leksell Stereotactic System, Sweden, 1992-1999

Surgery

1992-1999

Long mahogany strip brass pin gauge with eight pins

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1758-1769

Model of the Blue Star Line T.S. 'Arandora Star'

Water Transport

1927-1929

Short mahogany strip brass pin gauge with eight pins

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1758-1769

'Jedi' helmet, used with Cryogenic Magnetic Resonance Imaging Machine

Radiomedicine

1980

Eight-day longcase clock by George Graham

Clockmakers

1750

polarized 'guillotine' relay, 1862-1866

Telecommunications

1862-1866

Original wheel or steel-disc coherer, 1902

Radio Communication

1902

Model of a clock designed by Galileo which incorporates a pendulum

Clockmakers

1921

Wheatstone ABC telegraph receiver, 1942

Telecommunications

1842

Henley needle galvanometer, 1855-1860

Telecommunications

1855-1860

Clockwork interruptor, once owned by David Hughes, 1875-1880

Radio Communication

1875-1880

Home-made equipment for 30-line television reception, 1929-1935

Radio Communication

1929-1935

Orrery clock with a glass celestial globe

Clockmakers

1795-1805

Spark gap or knob coherer, 1889

Radio Communication

1889

Square signed "J.Ramsden, 1757"

Mathematics

1757

South Eastern & Chatham Railway Class D 4-4-0 steam locomotive No 737

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1901

Model of the ‘Optimus’ water closet, England

Domestic Appliances

1870

Trevithick's model road locomotive engine

Road Transport

1796-1802

Marine chronometer by John Arnold

Clockmakers

1771

Watch with alarm by Robert Grinkin

Clockmakers

1610

Gilt-metal and engraved silver verge watch by James Vaultrolier

Clockmakers

1622-1628

Silver astronomical watch by Nathaniel Barrow

Clockmakers

1660

Silver pair cased watch by Benjamin Wolverstone

Clockmakers

1670

Robert Dudgeon’s sphygmograph

Clinical Diagnosis

1876

Verge watch by Daniel Quare, in a polychrome enamel case signed 'Les Frères Huaud'

Clockmakers

1712

Deck-watch used by Capt. William Parry during his attempt to reach the North Pole, 1827

Clockmakers

1823

Watch movement by Thomas Tompion

Clockmakers

1692

Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family

Optics

1760-1775

Silver watch by Thomas Taylor

Clockmakers

1658

Voigt condenser microphone

Radio Communication

1920-1940