Sinclair line selector automatic switch board, 1880-1890

Telecommunications

1880-1890

replica of Bell's 1876 centennial telephone transmitter, 1959

Telecommunications

1959

Alarm clock

Anatomy & Pathology

1840-1900

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

Electricity and Magnetism

1858

Waxed post-mortem thread

Surgery

c.2016

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

Anatomy & Pathology

1801-1900

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

Telecommunications

1956

Cylindrical glass bottle of quinine sulphate

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Poured wax doll

Materials Science Gallery

c. 1900

Amulet and charm to protect against plague

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1690-1710

Wax portrait of Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy (1780 – 1854)

Clockmakers

1851

Receiving ‘jigger’ used by the Marconi Company, 1898

Radio Communication

1898

Experimental carbon block microphone, 1878-1890

Telecommunications

1878-1890

Hertzian receiving resonator, 1890-1894

Radio Communication

1890-1894

‘Medico-Electrical Machine’ by Nairne and Blunt

Electricity and Magnetism

1782-1793

Wheatsheaf night lights

Collection Unassigned

Experimental microphone, 1878-1890

Telecommunications

1878-1890

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

Radio Communication

1875-1880

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

Powdered graphite microphone, 1878-1890

Telecommunications

1878-1890

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

Telecommunications

1910-1920

aerial inductances, 1901

Radio Communication

1901

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

Clockmakers

1852

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

Experimental microphones with carbon pencils and cups, 1878-1890

Telecommunications

1878-1890

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

Telecommunications

1878-1890

Stomach from wax anatomical figure of reclining woman

Anatomy & Pathology

1771-1800

Pancreas from wax anatomical figure of reclining woman

Anatomy & Pathology

1771-1800

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

Anatomy & Pathology

1771-1800

filings coherer, small glass tube with bulb at one end and cap of red sealing wax at other end, 1898

Radio Communication

1898

'Killarney' phonograph cylinder

Sound Reproduction

Single mammary gland from wax anatomical figure of reclining woman

Anatomy & Pathology

1771-1800

'Santa Medicina' sculpture by Eleanor Crook

Eleanor Crook

2019

'Asthore (Duet)' phonograph cylinder

Sound Reproduction

Front part of lungs from wax anatomical figure of reclining woman

Anatomy & Pathology

1771-1800

'My Country Tis of Thee' phonograph cylinder

Sound Reproduction

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

Capacitor used in the development of the 'Baby' computer

Computing & Data Processing

1948

Cylindrical glass bottle containing cinchonidine

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Amuletic loadstone with scalloped metal mounts

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1551-1700

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

Radio Communication

1894-1904

'Safe in the Arms of Jesus' phonograph cylinder

Sound Reproduction

Uterus, showing placenta

Anatomy & Pathology

1771-1800

Sinew with muscle covering from wax anatomical figure

Anatomy & Pathology

1771-1800

De Forest syntoniser, 1902-1907

Radio Communication

1902-1907

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

Anatomy & Pathology

1771-1800