Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Gangajal, sacred water from the River Ganges

2017

Demainbray's polemoscope

1701-1752

Tissue wrapped and decorated memory box

Roll of Honour for gallantry medal, London & North Eastern Railway

1947

Medicated soap, England, 1935-1945

1935-1945

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

1865-1866

Demainbray's convex lens

1750

Le Cabinet de M. Le Clerc

circa 1711

Celestial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu

1603

Wireless World Diary, 1933

1933

Demainbray's turquoise disc

1745-1755

Demainbray's yellow disc

1745-1755

Scientific publication: 'The Boundary Conditions of the Universe'

1981-1982

Etching of an electrically powered garden

1755

Glass bell jar with a brass collar

1761

Double brass stand for bell jars on a brass pillar

1761

Divers Projets

1798

Mezzotint portrait of Benjamin Franklin

1762

Stipple-engraved portrait of Margaret Bryan and two children

1797

George III's cycloidal pendulum

1762

Instruction booklet for Cosmos crystal receiver, 1920-1930

1920-1930

Electrical chimes by George Adams

1781-1790

Model of Twin Cotton Mills

1950

Capacitor used in the development of the 'Baby' computer

1948

King George III's central forces machine

1762

'Pock-marked faces: A curious illusion', anti-vaccination leaflet

1880-1890

Cable grappling illustration, 1874-1924

1874-1924

Stipple-engraved portrait of Benjamin Martin

1815

Compendium by Elias Allen

1630-1653

Satirical print of a failed balloon launch from Foley House, London in 1784

1784

George III's tidal demonstration model

1762

King George III's friction machine

1762

Slide rule for exchange of weights and measures

1815

Cuff-type compound microscope

1790-1810

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

1872

England and her Soldiers

1859

Copy of the citation given to Hayley Jordan

2016

Time Travellers invitation

2013

Three-ring Enigma cypher machine in oak wood transit case

1934

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

1915-1925

Box containing a miniature Qur'an. Replica of the Ka‘ba

2011

Blotter with Western Telegraph Company markings, 1900-1960

1900-1960

Sample of malaria vaccine SPf66

1988

1500-pair exchange area cable, 1969

1969

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

'Phones on the Move' discussion document, 1989

1989

Pill tile with four short legs

1701-1800

‘Visual glasses’ designed by Benjamin Martin

1756-1800

Howard Sun Compass MK2, 1980-2000

1980-2000

Demainbray's cometarium

1750-1760