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Hughes' printing telegraph, 1860.

Telecommunications

1860

Wells Cathedral clock, 1392

Time Measurement

1392

The first Wheeler and Wilson sewing machine, 1866.

Textiles Machinery

1866

Nasmyth steam hammer

Hand and Machine Tools

1845-1855

Model of a Power loom for plain weaving

Textiles Machinery

1857

Singer 'New Family' sewing machine, 1865-1883.

Textiles Machinery

1865-1883

Hirtz's compass for locating bullets, Paris, France, 1915

Clinical Diagnosis

1915

'Mickey Mouse' Linecaster

Printing & Writing

'Rapid' marmalade cutter

Domestic Appliances

c. 1932

Wrapping Block

Textile Industry

c. 1920

Iron used by patients in psychiatric hospital, c. 1920-1940

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1889-1990

Yarmouth South Town bench

Railway Furniture

Gas-heated coffee roaster

Gas Industry

c.1910

National Diesel Engine

Motive Power

1928

Anglo-American Arab Platen Printing Machine, 1842-1880

Printing & Writing

1842-1880

Beyer-Garratt South African Railways Locomotive

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1929

Early Wheeler and Wilson hand-powered lock stitch sewing mac

Textiles Machinery

Lancashire Boiler

Motive Power

1889

Trevithick's High Pressure Steam Engine and Boiler, c. 1806

Motive Power

1805-1806

Stirling's hot air engine, c. 1816.

Heat Engines (non steam)

1811-1826

Radial Flow Parson's Turbine Engines

Marine Engines

1894
Power loom manufactured by J. Harrison and Son, Blackburn, England and fitted with the loose reed emergency stop mechanism of 1842. Exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1851 and subsequently modified by the makers with design changes up to 1858.

Power loom

Textiles Machinery

1842-1858

Firgrove Mill Steam Engine

Motive Power

1907

Linotype 78 Linecasting Machine

Printing & Writing
Six-foot speculum [metal] mirror on travelling carriage from the Great Rosse Telescope, the 'Leviathan of Parsonstown', built by the Third Earl of Rosse at Birr, Ireland, 1844-46.

Mirror for the Great Rosse Telescope, 1844-1846

Astronomy

1844-1846

Original Maudslay oscillating marine paddle engine

Marine Engines

1827

A Singer model 66 lock stitch oscillating hook sewing machin

Textiles Machinery

1908-1909

Maudslay Oscillating Engine

Motive Power

1801-1830

Crossley Type IHD4 Diesel Engine

Motive Power

1960

Pakistan Railways steam locomotive

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1911
The original engine of Henry Bell's paddle steamer, ‘Comet’, by John Robertson and David Napier, Glasgow, Scotland, 1812

The original engine of Henry Bell's paddle steamer, ‘Comet’

Marine Engines

1812

Isle of Man Railway "Pender" Locomotive

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1873

Lathe, made by Alfred Herbert Ltd

Hand and Machine Tools

Milling Machine

Hand and Machine Tools

1870-1900

National Horizontal Gas Engine

Motive Power

1932-1940

The 'Little Wanzer' lock stitch sewing machine, 1867-1873.

Textiles Machinery

1867-1873

lithographic printing press

Printing & Writing

1871

Willcox and Gibbs chain-stitch sewing machine, c 1914.

Textiles Machinery

1913-1914

Grover and Baker two-thread chain-stitch sewing machine, 1871.

Textiles Machinery

1871
Underground train, Post Office Railway, No 809, two electric power units and one carriage from Mount Pleasant, London.

Post Office Railway, underground train, No 809

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1930

Bunsen Burner, 1885-1889

Experimental Chemistry

1885-1889

Gate valve from Mather and Platt sprinkler system

Pumping Machinery

c.1938

Chadwick Vertical Steam Engine

Motive Power

1860

'OK' gas iron

Gas Industry

Bradbury Sewing Machine

Textile Industry

1880-1900

Robert Paul's Cinematograph Camera No 2

Cinematography

1896

Howe lock-stitch sewing machine, c 1888.

Textiles Machinery

1883

'Miehle' Printing Press

Printing & Writing

Little Imp gas radiator fire, about 1920

Gas Industry

1920-1925

'Imperial' Printing Press

Printing & Writing