Image
Category
Collection
Maker
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Object type
Place
Material
Date

'Cat's whisker' Crystal Radio

1920-1925

Plaster model of the lunar surface

1844

21 spirit bubbles

1840-1920

Glass measuring cylinder

1801-1900

Peel, Williams & Peel steam engine

1846

Berry & Bentley Track Bicycle

1934

Self Cleansing carbon filter

1861 - 1900

Lid for Self Cleansing carbon filter

circa 1861

Slotting machine

1835

Capacitor used in the development of the 'Baby' computer

1948

Large cast iron cam from Pollard Street archaeological excavations of Peel, Williams & Peel Co. Soho foundry

1839-1887

Five wooden molecular model balls

circa 1810

Dye Sample; Indigo

Dye Sample; Alizarin

Wrapping block

circa 1920

Dye Sample; Indigo

1840s-1900

Micrometer type mechanical comparator

1855

Whitworth standard wire gauge

1869 to 1897

Whitworth Planing Machine

circa 1842

Haemoglobin 8.26, Festival Pattern Group navy blue and white fabric

1950-1951

Sample of concrete enhanced with graphene

2021

Monastral Fast Blue Dye

circa 1980

Wrap reel/Hank winder

1877

Dye Sample; Iso-Purpurin

Yarn Balance

circa 1900

Larmuth Loom

circa 1860

Manchester University Differential Analyser

1935

Crossley Horizontal Single-cylinder Engine

1886

Beyer-Garratt South African Railways Locomotive

1929

Lancashire Boiler

1889

Differential analyser

1935

Crossley Brothers Atmospheric Gas Engine

1874

Chadwick Vertical Steam Engine

1860

Penny Farthing Bicycle

1880-1890

electric vibrating massager

1948-68

Isle of Man Railway "Pender" Locomotive

1873

Tizer bottle

1925

Hydrometer, in case

1880-1900

Dancer Hydrometer

1855-1865

Photographic Plate Holder

1920-1940

"Jaynay" Print Drainer

1900-1905

Jaynay Paper Guillotine

1902-1905

Potentiometer, type PiB2

1965

Sikes Hydrometer

1870-1880

Model of hand-driven intermittent opposite direction rotary motion apparatus

1857

T-shirt made by Phloem

circa 2021

Daily Herald Photograph: Repairing musical instruments

1934-01-15

Daily Herald Photograph: Daily Herald Northern Edition launch

1930-06-28

First nationalised train from London to Manchester

01 January 1948

Daily Herald Photograph: CIS Building under construction in Manchester

1961-01-18