Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

1872

Scold's Bridle Mask which partially covers face

1550-1800

Post Office telephone kiosk No. 6, 1936-1968

1936-1968

Rocket locomotive

1829

Ribbon loom with jacquard head

circa 1900

Iron handcuffs with key, 1800-1899

1801-1900

Sectional Model of a Beam Engine, 1866.

1866

Belt made of spiked metal, Europe, 1501-1700

1501-1700

Boot for torture purposes, probably English, 1501-1600

1501-1700

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

1797-1804

Roving frame

1927

Fireless locomotive, named Imperial

1956

Astronomical quadrant with stand, 1685-1724

1685-1724

Oak medicine chest, Europe, 1701-1800

1701-1800

Electric Flat Iron, 1895-1905

1895-1905

High Speed Train Power Car diesel electric locomotive Class 43 number 43302

1978

Euston Station gates

1838

Colt's stretcher for narrow trenches

1915-1918

Babbage's Difference Engine No 2, 2002.

1991-2002

'Puffing Billy' Locomotive with Tender and Rails

1813-1814

Whaling harpoon

1800-1900

Electrogalvanic amulet

1880-1900

Tower's handcuffs

1882-1890

Hank Winding Machine

1897

Anatomical model of the spine

1901

Tinder pistol in egg-shaped

1700-1850

compass

1700-1800

Wood and iron truss for sculpture machine

1790-1819

Celestial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu

1603

Logic door from a Ferranti Mark I computer, 1951

1951

Telstar maser assembly with magnet, 1962-1967

1962-1967

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

1876

Magnetic key, 1850-1870

1850-1870

Stock Exchange automatic telegraph, 1872-1880

1872-1880

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

1865-1866

Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

1851

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

1899

Sample of the first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

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

1600

Iron gin rat trap, England, 1750-1900

1750-1900

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

1949-1966

Handcuffs, iron, 1601-1830

1601-1830

Hooke's compound microscope, copy, 1665-1675.

1665-1675

London Midland & Scottish Railway decorative crest

1928

Brass-bound lodestone

1675-1700

Child's spinal support, Europe, 1771-1800

1771-1800

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

1915-1925

Demainbray's model scorpion catapult

1745-1755

Demainbray's Irish low-backed cart model

1735-1754.

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

1525-1550