Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Fireless locomotive, named Imperial

1956

Tinder pistol in egg-shaped

1700-1850

Demainbray's Irish low-backed cart model

1735-1754.

Wood and iron truss for sculpture machine

1790-1819

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

1872

Compendium by Elias Allen

1630-1653

Celestial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu

1603

Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral

1769

Hindley's pyrometer and three expansion tubes made by Henry Hindley

1752

Logic door from a Ferranti Mark I computer, 1951

1951

King George III's central forces machine

1762

George III's pendulum

1762

Telstar maser assembly with magnet, 1962-1967

1962-1967

Lord Kelvin's 'ironclad' marine galvanometer, 1865-1866

1865-1866

Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

1851

Sample of the first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

Drum shaped clock in a gilt-metal case, signed R.S. c.1600

1600

Model of Rotative Beam Engine by William Tongue, c. 1804

1797-1804

Hank Winding Machine

1897

Ribbon loom with jacquard head

circa 1900

London Midland & Scottish Railway decorative crest

1928

Roving frame

1927

Anatomical model of the spine

1901

Box of aspirin tablets, London, England, 1949-1966

1949-1966

Replica of Bell's 1876 'iron-box' receiver, 1959

1876

Magnetic key, 1850-1870

1850-1870

compass

1700-1800

Portable fluoroscope, Europe, 1912-1922

1912-1922

Handcuffs, iron, 1601-1830

1601-1830

Child's spinal support, Europe, 1771-1800

1771-1800

'Electric tonic' amusement machine, Europe, 1915-1925

1915-1925

Iron gin rat trap, England, 1750-1900

1750-1900

Oak medicine chest, Europe, 1701-1800

1701-1800

Electric Flat Iron, 1895-1905

1895-1905

Demainbray's model scorpion catapult

1745-1755

wheel cutting machine

1668-1672 Probable

Dover Castle turret clock

1632-1640

Mural arc made for King George III

1770

Brass-bound lodestone

1675-1700

Demainbray's wharf jib crane model

1729-1753

Lucas grapnel, 1888-1960

1888-1960

Stock Exchange automatic telegraph, 1872-1880

1872-1880

Hand perforator and copy stand for Wheatstone automatic telegraph system, 1890-1910

1890-1910

Experimental transmitting ‘jigger’ used by the Marconi Company, 1899

1899

Spiral spring coherer, 1890-1894

1890-1894

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Small drum-shaped clock from the second quarter of the 16th Century

1525-1550

Drum shaped clock from the third quarter of the 16th Century

1550-1575

Pair of obstetrical forceps

Euston Station gates

1838