William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872
1872
Iron handcuffs with key, 1800-1899
1801-1900
High Speed Train Power Car diesel electric locomotive Class 43 number 43302
1978
Rocket locomotive
1829
Model of Henry Maudslay's screw-cutting lathe
1800-1820
Fireless locomotive, named Imperial
1956
Dental key
1725-1780
Underwood 1 Typewriter, 1897
1897
Scold's Bridle Mask which partially covers face
1550-1800
Reproduction of the 1830 Planet steam locomotive
1992
Ribbon loom with jacquard head
circa 1900
Model of the ‘Optimus’ water closet, England
1870
Marconi-Sykes magnetophone
1923
Demainbray's Newcomen engine model
1720
Standard Morse key, 1880-1950
1880-1950
Celestial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu
1603
Iron gin rat trap, England, 1750-1900
1750-1900
Astrolabe by Ferdinand Arsenius
1607-1618
Babbage's Difference Engine No 2, 2002.
1991-2002
Electric Flat Iron, 1895-1905
1895-1905
Phantasmagoria magic lantern, late 18th century
1780-1800
Euston Station gates
1838
wheel cutting machine
1668-1672 Probable
Oak medicine chest, Europe, 1701-1800
1701-1800
Roving frame
1927
Gothic-style German chamber clock
1400-1499
Model of Rotative Beam Engine by William Tongue, c. 1804
1797-1804
Julius Totalisator
c. 1933
Hollerith 45 column horizontal electrical sorting machine, 1920-1930
1920-1930
Vacuum Gauge by Boulton and Watt
1794
Operating table
1914-1918
Wooden alms box
1601-1800
Boot for torture purposes, probably English, 1501-1600
1501-1700
'Leesona' Pirn Winder
1893-1959
Replica of 16th century German 'Hund' wagon, 1986
1986
Logic door from a Ferranti Mark I computer, 1951
1951
'Electric tonic' amusement machine, Europe, 1915-1925
1915-1925
Small drum-shaped clock from the second quarter of the 16th Century
1525-1550
Brass-bound lodestone
1675-1700
Colt's stretcher for narrow trenches
1915-1918
Hank Winding Machine
1897
Portable fluoroscope, Europe, 1912-1922
1912-1922
Lord Kelvin's 'ironclad' marine galvanometer, 1865-1866
1865-1866
Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral
1769
George III's pendulum
1762
Altazimuth theodolite by Benjamin Cole & Son
1755-1765
Tinder pistol in egg-shaped
1700-1850
Sample of the first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858
1857-1858
Sodium-ion battery made by Faradion Limited
2022
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7