London & North Eastern Railway steam locomotive 'Mallard'

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1938

Short Magazine Mark III Lee Enfield .303 rifle (deactivated)

Public Health & Hygiene

c. 1917

Stephenson's Rocket

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1829

Steam locomotive, entitled Evening Star

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1960

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

Water Transport

1853-1857

Three-ring Enigma cypher machine in oak wood transit case

Radio Communication

1934

New Patent Jewel Kaleidoscope, 1854-1863

Optics

1854-1863

Edison Kinetoscope

Cinematography

1894

Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.

Microscopes

1763

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

Photographic Technology

1839 (original); c. 1988 (replica)

Reis telephone transmitter, 1863

Telecommunications

1863

Thomson's (Lord Kelvin) First Tide Predicting Machine, 1876

Geophysics

1876

Lumière Cinématographe

Cinematography

c. 1896

London Midland & Scottish Railway carriage key

Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories

1925-1935

Pullman Car Company, called Topaz

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1913

Edison telephone, 1879

Telecommunications

1879

Cut-away model of the T.S. 'Olympic', 1910-1937

Water Transport

1910-1937

Voigtlander daguerreotype camera

Photographic Technology

1841

Complete Omega Speedmaster watch with velcro strap

Space Technology

Early balance spring watch by Thomas Tompion

Time Measurement

1675-1679

Table clock by Nicholas Vallin

Time Measurement

1598-1603

Moon globe by John Russell;England;1797

Astronomy

1797

Isaac Newton’s reflecting telescope (replica)

Astronomy

1668; 1924

Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.

Time Measurement

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Improved Patent Magneto Electric Machine for nervous diseases

Therapeutics

1862

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

Radiomedicine

1980

Dividing engine for making sextants and octants

Industrial Metrology

Made late 1700s, modified 1800s

Bell transmitter with membrane diaphragm, 1875-1877

Telecommunications

1875-1877

Compagnie Internationale de Wagon-Lits et de Grands Express Europeens sleeping car, 1933

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1933

Thomson's Mirror Marine Galvanometer, 1858

Electricity and Magnetism

1858

Brass-bound lodestone

Navigation

1675-1700

Receiver for Baudot Multiplex type-printing telegraph, 1911-1925

Telecommunications

1911-1925

Whole model, full rigged, of ship of the line, H.M.S. 'Prince'

Water Transport

1670

Copy of the receiver and alarm call of Schilling's electric telegraph, 1870-1877

Telecommunications

1870-1877

Cooke and Wheatstone's four needle telegraph, 1838

Telecommunications

1838

Marconi coherer and Admiralty pattern decoherer, 1900-1910

Radio Communication

1900-1910

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

Anaesthesiology

1847-1848

Great Western Railway steam locomotive 'King George V' 4-6-0 King class, No 6000, 1927

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1927

Raytheon Model M-1601 console television receiver

Television

1950

Trevithick's model road locomotive engine

Road Transport

1796-1802

Barnard Tompion clock

Time Measurement

1708

Model of the ‘Optimus’ water closet, England

Domestic Appliances

1870

Ornamental turning 'rose-engine' lathe

Hand and Machine Tools

1740

Cloth tape measure

Hand and Machine Tools

1850-1860

Sextant by Jesse Ramsden

Astronomy

c. 1772

Magic lantern chromatrope slide: 'A Merry Christmas'

Cinematography

1870

Hollerith 45 column horizontal electrical sorting machine, 1920-1930

Computing & Data Processing

1920-1930

Thomson's Mirror Galvanometer, 1858

Telecommunications

1858

Hughes' printing telegraph, 1860.

Telecommunications

1860

Experimental model of Marconi's magnetic detector, 1900-1910

Radio Communication

1900-1910