Orrery made by John Rowley for the Earl of Orrery
1712-1713
Model of the "Planet" Locomotive
1830 (original); 1967 (model)
Amputation saw, Europe, 1501-1600
1501-1600
Plaster model of the lunar surface
1844
Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.
1769
Wooden Acupuncture Model
1681
Penicillium Mould presented by Alexander Fleming
1935
Artificial arm, below-elbow prosthesis
1895-1904
The Demon Detective camera
1889
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Disease mask for healing rituals
1771-1900
Armillary sphere by Girolamo Della Volpaia
1554
Vertical Compound Steam Engine with Hackworth's Valve Gear, 1898
1898
Locomotion
1973-1983
Cranial trephine
1771-1830
Print of Henry Beighton's Engraving of a Newcomen Engine
1717-1725
Memento mori skull and crossbones
1801-1900
Telescope by Christopher Cock
1673
Carbolic steam spray used by Joseph Lister
1866-1870
Model of a Power Loom for Plain Weaving
1857
Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.
1785
Model, of Woolf's Water Tube Boiler, 1819
1819
'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century
1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)
One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889
1889
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Electric Flat Iron, 1895-1905
1895-1905
Wind tunnel models of Concorde, c 1960s.
1955-1965
Talking drum from Cameroon, 1990-2010
1990-2010
Wooden mortar and pestle
1501-1800
Javanese shadow puppet of Arjuna
1900-1950
Replica apparatus for the extraction and purification of penicillin
1986
Pair of artificial legs worn by Ed Freeman
1968-1972
Columnar Engine, 1862
1862
Model of a mobile mass miniature x-ray unit
1945-1965
Frame saw
1700-1800
Wooden figure of pregnant female
1880-1920
Machine used for covering wires with silk and cotton, 1837
1837
Pair of 'swivel-walkers' designed for a child with limb difference
1966
Writing machine for blind people, United Kingdom, 1862
1862
Openshaw-type artifcial hand, Birmingham, England, 1916-1918
1916-1918
Pedoscope X-ray apparatus
1930-1955
Jaipur artificial foot, India
1982
Bird cage from Sussex Lunatic Asylum
1872
Cryptograph (coding and decoding machine) by Sir Charles Wheatstone, 1843-1875
1843-1875
Rotative Compound Beam Engine, 1881
1968-1971
Statue of Li T'ieh-Kuai (Li Tieguai)
1801-1900
Artificial left arm, Europe, 1925-1935
1925-1935
Vacuum Gauge by Boulton and Watt
1794
Hospital bed cycle
1946
Electric guitar
1990-1998