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Model of Euston Arch

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1961

Machine used for covering wires with silk and cotton, 1837

Textiles Machinery

1837

Terrestrial globe by John Senex

Astronomy

1738

Wooden artificial leg

Orthopaedics

1925-1935

Gentleman’s toilet case, Europe, 1837-1901

Domestic Appliances

1837-1901

Pioneers of Electric Telegraphy at the British Association

Telecommunications

1865

Writing machine for blind people, United Kingdom, 1862

Printing & Writing

1862

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

Electronic Components

1889

Model of Mass Radiography Unit, England, 1948-1955

Radiomedicine

1948-1955

Orrery made for the Earl of Orrery

Astronomy

1712-1713

Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.

Textiles Machinery

1769

Wooden statue of St Nicholas, France, 1801-1900

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1801-1900

Wooden-cased mill, Europe, 1701-1830

Pharmacy-ware

1701-1830

Heath education model to teach about tuberculosis, London, England, 1975-1985

Public Health & Hygiene

1975-1985

The Demon Detective camera

Photographic Technology

1889

Chronoscope, England, 1921-1939

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1921-1939

Experimental carbon pencil microphone, 1878-1890

Telecommunications

1878-1890

Model demonstrating different types of eye sight, Europe, 1880-1900

Ophthalmology

1880-1900

'Railway Time' clock

Railway Timepieces

1840-1880

Model of a Power loom for plain weaving

Textiles Machinery

1857

Trademark printint block

Textile Industry

1880-1910

Robert Hooke type microscope

Microscopes

1671-1700

Man catcher, Germany, 1601-1800

Wellcome (general)

1601-1800

Prototype of the Brougham carriage

Road Transport

1838

Cryptograph (coding and decoding machine) by Sir Charles Wheatstone, 1843-1875

Telecommunications

1843-1875

Pair of 'swivel-walkers' designed for a child born with no lower limbs, United Kingdom, 1966

Orthopaedics

1966

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

Therapeutics

1915-1925

Artificial left arm, Europe, 1925-1935

Orthopaedics

1925-1935

Openshaw-type artifcial hand, Birmingham, England, 1916-1918

Orthopaedics

1916-1918

Old Spitalfields hand loom with jacquard mechanism

Textiles Machinery

1810

Writing frame for the blind, Stockholm, Sweden, 1871

Printing & Writing

1871

Telescope by Christopher Cock

Optics

1673

Plaster model of the lunar surface

Astronomy

1844

Incomplete mechanical orrery

Astronomy

Filar micrometer by William Herschel, 1780-1800

Astronomy

1780-1800

Test type to test eyesight, England, 1920-1960

Ophthalmology

1920-1960

Shoulder papier-mache doll accompanying English wo

Materials Science Gallery

c. 1840

Electric guitar

Acoustics

1990-1998

A back saw or sash saw, folded brass backed, made by Sorby o

Hand and Machine Tools

12"tenon saw by Spear & Jackson

Hand and Machine Tools

1926

Globtik Tokyo

Water Transport

c. 1972

Wood tobacco pipe, ivory mouthpiece, exaggerated i

Smoking

1801-1900

Woolf's Water Tube Boiler, 1819

Motive Power

1819

Wheatstone printing telegraph, 1841

Telecommunications

1841

English wooden doll,circa 1780, of simple skittle

Materials Science Gallery

c. 1780

Hand drill

Hand and Machine Tools

c. 1880

teapots

Wellcome (general)

Compass plane, 1717 used for smoothing concave sur

Hand and Machine Tools

1717

Dunlop Maxply Under 5 badminton racket with steel

Domestic Appliances

c. 1965

Set of 8 brass handled, inspector's Imperial standard testing weights

Weighing & Measuring

1890