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Crick and Watson's DNA molecular model

Biochemistry

1953

Personal Computer, model Apple I

Computing & Data Processing

1976-1979

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

Geophysics

1872

Robert Hooke type microscope

Microscopes

1671-1700

Tracy, a transgenic sheep

Biotechnology

1990-1997

Armillary sphere by Girolamo Della Volpaia

Astronomy

1554

'Pedoscope' shoe-fitting X-ray viewer

Radiomedicine

1948-1953

Electronic storm surge modelling machine

Oceanography

1960-2007

Three-ring Enigma cypher machine in oak wood transit case

Radio Communication

1934

Bowl from Hiroshima, Japan

Nuclear Physics

1935-1945

Nasmyth steam hammer

Hand and Machine Tools

1845-1855

Edward Jenner's lancets

Public Health & Hygiene

1801-1823

Orrery made by John Rowley for the Earl of Orrery

Astronomy

1712-1713

Vodafone 'Transportable' mobile telephone, 1985

Telecommunications

1985

‘Trans-Pac’ GPS receiver, 1990-1991

Surveying

1990-1991

Technics SL-1210 Mk2 mode quartz synthesizer direct-drive turntable: one of two

Sound Reproduction

1999

Model of the ‘Optimus’ water closet, England

Domestic Appliances

1870

Improved Patent Magneto Electric Machine for nervous diseases

Therapeutics

1862

Edison's electric carbon filament lamp

Lighting

1879

Analogue music synthesizer.

Acoustics

1970

Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.

Microscopes

1763

Moon globe by John Russell;England;1797

Astronomy

1797

Pocket globe in case by Dudley Adams

Astronomy

1799-1802

Pye B16T television receiver

Television

1946-1948

Celestial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu

Astronomy

1603

Terrestrial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu

Astronomy

1599

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

Experimental Chemistry

1925; 1862

Electron capture detector for gas chromatograph

Experimental Chemistry

1955-1965

Barnard Tompion clock

Time Measurement

1708

Remington 44 revolver

Hand and Machine Tools

1863-1865

Silk skirt and blouse dyed with Perkin's Mauve Aniline Dye

Industrial Chemistry

1862-1863

Two Guillotine blades and plinth

Wellcome (general)

1790-1794

Apple 'iPad 2', 2011-2012

Computing & Data Processing

2011-2012

Navigational Computor Mark III

Mathematics
Hoover 'Keymatic' model 3224 washing machine, designed and developed by Hoover Limited engineering laboratories, Perivale, Middlesex, and made by Hoover (Washing Machines) Limited, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, with motors made at Hoover (Electric Motors) Limited, Cambuslang, Scotland, 1963

Hoover 'Keymatic' washing machine

Domestic Appliances

1963

3D printed gun

Computing & Data Processing

2013

Edison 'Concert' phonograph

Sound Reproduction

1910-1912

Wilson expansion apparatus

Nuclear Physics

1912-1913

Educational toy

Science Teaching

1851-1900

Model of a pair of side-lever engines from the H.M.S. 'Dee', (1832)

Marine Engines

1832-1851

Tri-unial magic lantern

Photographic Technology

1880

Vickers-Maxim Machine Gun (deactivated)

Public Health & Hygiene

1911-1950

Terrestrial globe by John Senex

Astronomy

1738

Biped robot

Human Robotics

1987-1997
One teapot in white and gold porcelain, 4" x 6". Obverse: Charles & Robert balloon in gold inscribed "Bon Voyage". Reverse, balloon with rudders, inscribed "Sic Itur Ad Astra".

Teapot illustrated with a ballooning scene, late 18th century.

Penn-Gaskell Collection

1783-1810

Triple loop Klein bottle which when cut gives a pair of five-twist Mobius strips

Mathematics

1995

Aircraft bomb-aiming mechanical computer

Computing & Data Processing

1940-1945

Tin, empty, for Cow & Gate Milk Food

Domestic Appliances

c. 1956

Iron model of the joints in a human skeleton, Italy, 1570-1700

Therapeutics

1570-1700

Silver sundial by Humfrey Cole

Time Measurement

1568-1590