Wing model used during the investigation of the Concorde wing shape

Farnborough

circa 1960

Experimental microphone, 1878-1890

Telecommunications

1878-1890

Wax portrait of Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy (1780 – 1854)

Clockmakers

1851

Clockwork interruptor, once owned by David Hughes, 1875-1880

Radio Communication

1875-1880

Wax model of a female human head, Germany, 1801-1900

Anatomy & Pathology

1801-1900

Receiving ‘jigger’ used by the Marconi Company, 1898

Radio Communication

1898

replica of Bell's 1876 centennial telephone transmitter, 1959

Telecommunications

1959

Sinclair line selector automatic switch board, 1880-1890

Telecommunications

1880-1890

Cylindrical glass bottle of quinine sulphate

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1860-1910

Wing model used during the investigation of the Concorde wing shape

Farnborough

circa 1960

powdered graphite microphone, 1878-1890

Telecommunications

1878-1890

Experimental carbon pencil microphone, 1878-1890

Telecommunications

1878-1890

Powdered graphite microphone, 1878-1890

Telecommunications

1878-1890

Wing model used during the investigation of the Concorde wing shape

Farnborough

circa 1960

Waxed post-mortem thread

Surgery

circa 2016

aerial inductances, 1901

Radio Communication

1901

Powdered graphite microphone, 1878-1890

Telecommunications

1878-1890

Galvanometer from prototype Cox selenium-cell magnifier equipment, 1910-1920

Telecommunications

1910-1920

Alarm clock

Anatomy & Pathology

1840-1900

Wing model used during the investigation of the Concorde wing shape

Farnborough

circa 1960

Wax portrait of George Atkins (1766 – 1855) by Richard Cockle Lucas

Clockmakers

1852

Experimental carbon block microphone, 1878-1890

Telecommunications

1878-1890

Hertzian receiving resonator, 1890-1894

Radio Communication

1890-1894

Granular microphone in bamboo tube, 1878-1890

Telecommunications

1878-1890

Granular microphone in glass tube, 1878-1890

Telecommunications

1878-1890

Cell used in interruptor circuit, 1875-1890

Telecommunications

1875-1890

‘Medico-Electrical Machine’ by Nairne and Blunt

Electricity and Magnetism

1782-1793

Half-penny surgically removed from child

Surgery

1914-1930

Specimen of the first transatlantic telephone cable, deep sea type, 1956

Telecommunications

1956

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

Electricity and Magnetism

1858

Experimental microphone using steel needles and gas carbon, 1878-1890

Telecommunications

1878-1890

Experimental microphones with carbon pencils and cups, 1878-1890

Telecommunications

1878-1890

Capacitor used in the development of the 'Baby' computer

Computing & Data Processing

1948

Poured wax doll

Materials Science Gallery

circa 1900

Stomach from wax anatomical figure of reclining woman

Anatomy & Pathology

1771-1800

Front part of lungs from wax anatomical figure of reclining woman

Anatomy & Pathology

1771-1800

Filings coherer, glass tube bent into U-shape at one end with bulb to form side-pocket on mounting bracket with terminals, 1894-1904

Radio Communication

1894-1904

Cylindrical glass bottle containing cinchonidine

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Amuletic loadstone with scalloped metal mounts

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1551-1700

Sinew with muscle covering from wax anatomical figure

Anatomy & Pathology

1771-1800

Uterus, showing placenta

Anatomy & Pathology

1771-1800

Filings coherer, glass tube capped at ends, 1894-1904

Radio Communication

1894-1904

Front side of right kidney showing internal structure from wax anatomical figure of reclining woman

Anatomy & Pathology

1771-1800

Front wall of right side of heart from wax anatomical figure of reclining woman

Anatomy & Pathology

1771-1800

Pancreas from wax anatomical figure of reclining woman

Anatomy & Pathology

1771-1800

De Forest syntoniser, 1902-1907

Radio Communication

1902-1907

Fetus from wax anatomical figure of reclining woman

Anatomy & Pathology

1771-1800

Intestines from wax anatomical figure of reclining woman

Anatomy & Pathology

1771-1800

Front portion of heart from wax model of woman

Anatomy & Pathology

1771-1800

Single mammary gland from wax anatomical figure of reclining woman

Anatomy & Pathology

1771-1800