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Watch with mock pendulum, by M. Martinot

Clockmakers

1700

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

Clockmakers

1840

Magnetic compass and sundial by Henry Sutton

Navigation

1650-1665

Print, 'Searching Fault' scene on 'Great Eastern' during the laying of the first Atlantic cable, 1865-1867

Telecommunications

1865-1867

Print, 'Interior Tanks', a scene on 'Great Eastern' during the laying of the first Atlantic cable, 1865-1867

Telecommunications

1865-1867

Two-wire telephone repeater, 1923-1925

Telecommunications

1923-1925

Watson-Odelca x-ray set for mass miniature radiography, Europe, 1960-1961

Radiomedicine

1960-1961

Pye 'Cambridge International' 11-band broadcast receiver, 1953

Radio Communication

1953

Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

Telecommunications

1851

Main part of Marconi 1.5KW transmitter from 2LO

Radio Communication

1922-1925

Schwann's microscope (no case)

Microscopes

1835

William Thomson's marine mirror galvanometer, 1850-1900

Telecommunications

1854

Embossing telegraph receiver 1878-1900

Telecommunications

1878-1900

Smallpox vaccine in vial

Public Health & Hygiene

1980

Home made 30-line televisor, 1934

Radio Communication

1934

Fireless locomotive, named Imperial

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1956

Glass Apple

Stephen Hawking Office

2016-2017

Main component of Siemens ‘Elmiskop 1’ electron microscope

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1945-1955

Glass flask containing urine

Microbiology

1865-1877

Marconi Mark II television camera head, 1951

Television

1951

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

King George III

1761

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

Water Transport

1927-1929

Camera Lite camera Model B

Photographic Technology

1955

Eight-day longcase clock by George Graham

Clockmakers

1750

Carbolic steam spray used by Joseph Lister

Surgery

1866-1870

104Square-shaped watch by Francis Raynsford

Clockmakers

1700

polarized 'guillotine' relay, 1862-1866

Telecommunications

1862-1866

Submarine repeater pentode P.O. type 8P, 1950-1970

Electronic Components

1950-1970

Orrery made by John Rowley for the Earl of Orrery

Astronomy

1712-1713

Model of human eye

Anatomy & Pathology

1870

Glass tube containing a portion of the first submarine cable laid between Dover and Calais, 1875-1913

Telecommunications

1875-1913

Transistorised submarine repeater, 1982

Telecommunications

1982

Portable double-needle telegraph and test set, 1850

Telecommunications

1850

Sunglasses with dark blue lenses

Ophthalmology

1860-1900

Orrery clock with a glass celestial globe

Clockmakers

1795-1805

Gentleman’s toilet case, Europe, 1837-1901

Domestic Appliances

1837-1901

Infant feeding bottle

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1935-1945

Green glass Woulfe bottle, Europe, 1851-1900

Laboratory Medicine

1851-1900

Model of Leeuwenhoek's microscope

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1901-1930

Spark gap or knob coherer, 1889

Radio Communication

1889

Marine chronometer by John Arnold

Clockmakers

1771

Hysteroscope with camera attachment

Clinical Diagnosis

1958-1965

Silver astronomical watch by Nathaniel Barrow

Clockmakers

1660

Silver pair cased watch by Benjamin Wolverstone

Clockmakers

1670

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

Clockmakers

1823

Lenses from the Finsen lamp

Therapeutics

1890-1900

Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family

Optics

1760-1775

Silver watch by Thomas Taylor

Clockmakers

1658

Pugh orthoptoscope, London, England, 1948-1968

Ophthalmology

1948-1968

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

Electronic Components

1889