George III's pendulum

1762

Ribbon loom with jacquard head

circa 1900

King George III's central forces machine

1762

Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral

1769

Demainbray's Irish low-backed cart model

1735-1754.

Compendium by Elias Allen

1630-1653

Celestial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu

1603

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

1752

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

1876

Demainbray's model scorpion catapult

1745-1755

Demainbray's wharf jib crane model

1729-1753

Mural arc made for King George III

1770

Fireless locomotive, named Imperial

1956

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

1872

Anatomical model of the spine

1901

Iron gin rat trap, England, 1750-1900

1750-1900

Tinder pistol in egg-shaped

1700-1850

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

1915-1925

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

1949-1966

Handcuffs, iron, 1601-1830

1601-1830

Oak medicine chest, Europe, 1701-1800

1701-1800

Child's spinal support, Europe, 1771-1800

1771-1800

Brass-bound lodestone

1675-1700

compass

1700-1800

Electric Flat Iron, 1895-1905

1895-1905

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

1865-1866

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

1890-1910

Magnetic key, 1850-1870

1850-1870

Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

1851

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

1899

Spiral spring coherer, 1890-1894

1890-1894

Stock Exchange automatic telegraph, 1872-1880

1872-1880

Roving frame

1927

wheel cutting machine

1668-1672 Probable

Lucas grapnel, 1888-1960

1888-1960

Telstar maser assembly with magnet, 1962-1967

1962-1967

Logic door from a Ferranti Mark I computer, 1951

1951

Pair of obstetrical forceps

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Sample of the first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

Dover Castle turret clock

1632-1640

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

1797-1804

London Midland & Scottish Railway decorative crest

1928

Hank Winding Machine

1897

Wood and iron truss for sculpture machine

1790-1819

'Leesona' Pirn Winder

1893-1959

Single ended wrench

1880-1950

Astrolabe by Ferdinand Arsenius

1607-1618

Altazimuth theodolite by Benjamin Cole & Son

1755-1765

Vacuum Gauge by Boulton and Watt

1794