Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Replica of the 'Baby' or SSEM computer

1998

Edison's electric carbon filament lamp

1879

Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe

1854

Clock weight from long-case clock by Fromanteel

1660-1665

Demainbray's rat's tail crane model

1735-1753

Block of Scintillator Crystals

1997-2000

Double brass stand for bell jars on a brass pillar

1761

Specimen of television cable, 1936

1936

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

Astronomical longcase clock with a planetarium by Roland Jarvis

1982

Experimental carbon pencil microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Experimental microphones with carbon pencils and cups, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Geometrical Groin Vault, string surface model

1872

Gamma Photon Detector

1986-1997

Gamma Photon Detector

1995-2000

George III's clockwork bell

1761

Type used for original Morse telegraph, 1835

1835

Fixed gap discharger, 1900-1950

1900-1950

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

1850

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

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

1960-1961

Lead-lined radioactive material container

1970-1990

Model steam locomotive

Cell used in interruptor circuit, 1875-1890

1875-1890

Lead sheathed domestic power cable

1940-1950

Diathermy set, United Kingdom, 1930

1930

Foucault Pendulum for demonstrating the Earth's rotation, with stand, divided arc, lapse clock, storage box

1883

Volta-type eudiometer

1800-1820

Cockroft and Walton's Accelerator

1932

Model of 14th century Mediterranean Merchant Ship

1929

Constructional model, of a ship’s stern, showing the screw steamer Novelty’s propeller arrangements

1838-1840

Right angled branch joint for round lead pipe

Model of Gondola of Valetta

1928-1929

Russian Gas Bunsen Burner, 1860-1869

1860-1869

Glass hydrometer by A J Reynolds, Barnsbury

Glass hydrometer by T A Reynolds and Co., London