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Category
Collection
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Object type
Place
Material
Date

Thumbscrew, France, 1601-1850

1601-1850

Box for 'Trilene' tablets, Europe, 1801-1900

1801-1900

Rover 'Safety' Bicycle, 1885

1885

Cubical polyhedral sundial

1751-1800

'Over London-by Rail', Engraving, London, England, 1872

1872

Difference Engine No. 1

circa 1832

Crick and Watson's DNA Molecular Model

1953

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Packet of 20 Death Cigarettes, London, England, 1999

1999

Samsung microwave oven, 1990s

1990-1998

Prototype of the Brougham carriage

1838

Mortar, stoneware, impressed "Wedgwood Best Composition"

Poster of Valentina Tereshkova, First woman cosmonaut

1963

Packet of 20 Silk Cut Super Low cigarettes

1999

Chinese wok, round-bottomed, wooden handle, 1999.

1999

Caesium Atomic Clock, 1955.

1955

Bronze mortar and pestle, Europe, 1701-1800

1701-1800

Cat-o-nine Tails, United Kingdom, 1700-1850

1700-1850

Snuff Box, England, 1771-1830

1771-1830

Motorola StarTAC mobile phone, 1997.

1997

Personal Computer, model Apple I

1976-1979

Model of the SS Oceanic (1899)

1899-1919

Electronic talking 'Lovable Bear' child's toy

1999

Pampers 'Baby-Dry' disposable nappies

1999

First atomic force microscope, United States, 1985

1985

Holmes' arc lamp from South Foreland Lighthouse, about 1860-80.

1860-1880

Tumbler, horn, with silver strip around rim, 1742

1742

Sand-glass

Frame saw

1700-1800

Wood-working brace drill, with button-operated latch chuck, 1875-1885

circa 1880

Table knife, with ivory handle, 1601-1701

Sand-glass

Sand-glass

Coolidge X-ray tube, 1913-1923.

1913-1923

Watch with Flamenville dead-beat escapement

Wooden carpenter's brace

Earthenware tea pot

1701-1900

Smoothing plane

Meridional compass: Rare George Adams Brass: Walker

Transistor, early British Experimental Device from Pye Radio Research Labs

Tinder pistol in egg-shaped

1700-1850

Bracket timepiece in mahogany case with silvered dial

Slide rule, "System Rietz", by Sun Hemmi, Japan

Kodak "Retina I" camera with Compur rapid shutter, 1935.

1935

Model 'Maximum machine', before 1753.

1740-1753

Copy of 1792 Archives kilogramme

"Easiwork" pressure cooker, 1936

Clock symbolising motive power

Four plasterer's small tools

View of the Britannia Tubular Bridge

1850