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Making The Modern World Gallery

Spanning 250 years of science and technology, the iconic objects on display in Making the Modern World have helped to shape the world we see today.

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Scale drawing of Nottingham Water Works Engine House, England, 1851-1860

Archive

1850-1859

Ceramic pot for Oriental toothpaste

Dentistry

1870-1910

Pugh orthoptoscope, London, England, 1948-1968

Ophthalmology

1948-1968

Bonochord Transitron transistor hearing aid case, c.1954

Sound Reproduction

1954-1955

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

Electronic Components

1889

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

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1801-1900

Eudiometer, Europe, 1770-1900

Experimental Chemistry

1770-1900

Tooth shade guide, England, 1890-1910

Dentistry

1890-1910

Prototype Rover gas turbine motor car, JET 1

Road Transport

1946-1950

Lapel badges, France, 1915-1917

Wellcome Medals

1915-1917

Micrometer type mechanical comparator

Industrial Metrology

1855

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

Therapeutics

1915-1925

Ornate circumcision knife with ivory handle

Surgery

1775-1785

Pair of 'swivel-walkers' designed for a child with limb difference

Orthopaedics

1966

Shadow Mono-ski sports wheelchair, England, 1993-1995

Orthopaedics

1993-1995

Model of a ventilator, London, England, 1831-1870

Public Health & Hygiene

1831-1870

Boring machine, Yard No. 642

Hand and Machine Tools

1804-1807

Plane table outfit

Surveying

1750-1766

Silver eye bath, Europe, 1701-1800

Ophthalmology

1701-1800

Defibrillator, London, England, 1970-1980

Therapeutics

1970-1980

'A Phrenological Chart of Character', booklet, London, England, 1879-1921

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1879-1921

Brass scarificator

Therapeutics

1860-1875

Model of a Second World War canteen lorry, England, 1939-1945

Road Transport

1939-1945

Partial upper denture, acrylic with alloy clasps,

Dentistry

1955-1975

Bust of Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)

Jacob Epstein

1933

English wooden doll,circa 1780, of simple skittle

Materials Science Gallery

c. 1780

Urinal

Public Health & Hygiene

1701-1730

Equinoctial ring sundial

Time Measurement

1719-1791

Iron handcuffs with key, 1800-1899

Wellcome (general)

1801-1900

Entrance into Manchester across Water Street

Thomas Talbot Bury

1831

Pampers 'Baby-Dry' disposable nappies

Public Health & Hygiene

1999

Freud electronic laughing ball, made by Hyman Prod

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1990-96

Bild Lilli doll. Made of all-rigid plastic with jo

Domestic Appliances

1955

Jar of 'Brylcreem', by County Laboratories Ltd., B

Domestic Appliances

c. 1960

Barbie doll

Materials Science Gallery

Late 1970's and 1980's.

Bryant & May's book matches 'Over 100 Years of Goo

Domestic Appliances

c. 1960

Sectioned conjectural model of 'Rocket' steam locomotive

Railways

1909

Caricature of an undertaker hoping for cholera, Europe, c. 1854

.Unattributed

c.1854

Ford model T Tourer car, Reg. No. PP7963, Engine No. 1,122,607

Road Transport

1916

Condom packaging, "Phantasma"

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1930-1940

X-ray plates

Radiomedicine

1914-1918

X-ray tube

X-rays

1895-1899

Princess or Comtessa dial telephone, c.1950s

Telecommunications

1951-1960

Shell fragment used as an amulet, Germany, 1910-1914

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1910-1914

Silver pill box, Birmingham, England, 1797

Wellcome (general)

1797

Orthopaedic corset, Europe, 1801-1880

Orthopaedics

1801-1880

Model of early manual fire engine, ca. 1680.

Firefighting

1680

Red Cross fund-raising brooch made from Zeppelin wire, 1917.

Therapeutics

1916-1917

Moulded plastic leg bone showing orthopaedic appliances, Europe, 1975-1985

Plastics and Modern Materials

1975-1985

Anatomical model of the spine

Anatomy & Pathology

1901