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Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.

Motive Power

1785

Carved ivory skull

Anatomy & Pathology

Electric pylon model, scale 1:24, 1950s

Electricity Supply

1951-1960

Rotative Compound Beam Engine, 1881

Pumping Machinery

1968-1971

Ivory model of a skull on wooden pedestal

Anatomy & Pathology

before 1928

Pair of obstetrical forceps

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1751-1800

Model of Sun and Planet Gearing

Motive Power

1782-1784

Carved ivory model of a skull, with teeth present

Anatomy & Pathology

1701-1800

Model of early manual fire engine, ca. 1680.

Firefighting

1680

Section of miniature hospital, adult and children's wards

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1930-1932

Section of miniature hospital including entrance and staircase

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1930-1932

model, scale 1:8, of press for cutting out blanks

Hand and Machine Tools

c. 1808

Section of miniature hospital including kitchen and theatre

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1930-1932

Model of a skeleton, Europe, 1701-1800

Anatomy & Pathology

1701-1800

Wooden model of a human skull

Anatomy & Pathology

Model of a skull, complete with teeth and mandible

Anatomy & Pathology

Ivory model of skull and cross bones

Anatomy & Pathology

1701-1800

Ivory skull, surmounted by toads and snake

Asian Medicine

Stirling's hot air engine, c. 1816.

Heat Engines (non steam)

1811-1826

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

Motive Power

1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)

Steel model of a medieval chastity belt

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

Model of a manual horse-drawn fire engine, made by W. J. Tilley, London, ca. 1820.

Model of a manual horse-drawn fire engine, made by

Firefighting

1815-1825

Model of a metal sterilizer deisigned by Lister

Surgery

model, scale 1:6, of Norris 4-2-0 locomotive "Austria", 1843, with tender.

Model of Norris 4-2-0 locomotive 'Austria'

Railways

1843

Con Edison's Plan Your Kitchen Kit, a kitchen planning aid supplied free to customers by the Consolidated Edison Company, New York, ca. 1958.

Con Edison's 'Plan Your Kitchen Kit', c 1958.

Domestic Appliances

c. 1958

model of Grew's locomotive for ice, 1861, scale 1:8. This model is of a second ice engine designed by Grew and built by Neilson & co. of Glasgow.

Model of Grew's locomotive for ice

Road Transport

c. 1861

Maudslay Oscillating Engine

Motive Power

1801-1830

Model of British Landscape, c 1750

Environmental Science & Technology

1750

model, scale 1:12, of mansard roof, with dormer window

Building Construction

1914

Vertical Compound Steam Engine with Hackworth's Valve Gear, 1898

Motive Power

1898

Working model, scale 1:2, of candle moulding machine. Made by Price's Patent Candle Company Ltd., Battersea, London.

Candle making machine, English, about 1888.

Lighting

1883-1893

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

Motive Power

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Model Robey 450 H.P. type "E" horizontal drop valve steam engine made by D.W. Gale of Lincoln

Single-Cylinder Drop Valve Engine, c1900.

Motive Power

c. 1900

Model, scale 1:24, Perronet's self-contained Crane

Lifting & Mechanical Handling

c. 1751

Glassmaking furnace, c 1500.

Glass Technology

Model, scale 1:12, of Power Driven Coal Tippler, with three model trucks, 2 small spare parts.

Model Power Driven Coal Tippler

Mining & Ore Dressing

c. 1900

Columnar Engine, 1862

Motive Power

1862

An ICL 1906 computer at ICL Stevenage, Hertfordshire, 1974 (scale model).

Computing & Data Processing

1974

Model of a manual fire engine

Firefighting

1894

Sectional Model of a Beam Engine, 1866.

Motive Power

1866

Gurney's Water Tube Boiler, 1826

Motive Power

1923

Galloway Boiler

Motive Power

1893

Model, of Orthopaedic chair, with articulated arm

Orthopaedics

1801-1830

Model of breast water wheel with pentrough sluice

Motive Power

1868

model of a high pressure beam engine, made by William Hooper, a 'hammerman' at the Copperhouse foundry, awarded a prize at the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society's annual exhibition at Falmouth, 1838.

High Pressure Condensing Beam Engine, 1838

Motive Power

1838

Model lithotomy dilator

Clinical Diagnosis

1501-1600

tyre bending machine and combined drill by W. Affleck, Swindon

Hand and Machine Tools

1853-1891

Model of pharmacy in Guangzhou, China, 1880-1883

Pharmacy-ware

1881-1885

Miniature mortar and pestle, silver, c 1901.

Pharmacy-ware

1900

Single cylinder non-condensing horizontal engine, Corliss valve gear, by John Musgrave & Sons Ltd, Bolton, 1898. Part sectioned to show valves, scale 1:6

Horizontal Engine with Corliss Valve Gear, c. 1898

Motive Power

1898