Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Edison's electric carbon filament lamp

1879

Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe

1854

Demainbray's rat's tail crane model

1735-1753

Experimental carbon pencil microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Experimental microphones with carbon pencils and cups, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Month-going longcase clock with a 1¼ seconds pendulum

1675-1685

Longcase clock in a marquetry case by William Cattell

1675-1685

Longcase clock with tidal dial by Christopher Pinchbeck

1715-1725

Lantern clock by Knifton

1640-1662

Small lantern clock with alarm signed George Graham

1750-1760

Month-going longcase clock in a marquetry case by George Stratford

1700-1725

Eight-day longcase clock by Edward East in a later marquetry case

1675-1685

Pendulum clock by Pieter Visbach

1660

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

1840

Clock weight from long-case clock by Fromanteel

1660-1665

Double brass stand for bell jars on a brass pillar

1761

Astronomical longcase clock with a planetarium by Roland Jarvis

1982

Block of Scintillator Crystals

1997-2000

Specimen of television cable, 1936

1936

Model steam locomotive

Gamma Photon Detector

1995-2000

Lead-lined radioactive material container

1970-1990

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

1960-1961

Replica of the 'Baby' or SSEM computer

1998

Gamma Photon Detector

1986-1997

George III's clockwork bell

1761

Type used for original Morse telegraph, 1835

1835

Cell used in interruptor circuit, 1875-1890

1875-1890

Longcase clock by John Fromanteel, originally fitted with a cross-beat escapement

1665-1670

Longcase clock by James and John Harrison

1728

Lantern clock by Peter Closon

1650-1660

Eight-day longcase clock by George Graham

1750

Month-going longcase clock by John May

1700-1710

Longcase clock movement by John and James Harrison

1726-1728

Astronomical table clock by Samuel Watson, believed to have belonged to Sir Isaac Newton

1690-1710

Geometrical Groin Vault, string surface model

1872

Fixed gap discharger, 1900-1950

1900-1950

Lead weight marked 'Reid' from the first cross-Channel telegraph cable, 1850.

1850

Lead sheathed domestic power cable

1940-1950

Printing Block

Beyer Peacock Printing Block

Printing Block

Beyer Peacock Printing Block

Printing Block

Printing Block

Printing Block

Printing Block

Printing Block

Hyperboloid and Asymptotic Cone, surface string model

1872

Crookes Radiometer, 1876-1895

1876-1895