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

1801-1900

Thumbscrew, France, 1601-1850

1601-1850

Rover 'Safety' Bicycle, 1885

1885

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

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

1872

Sony 'Trinitron' Colour Television, 1969-1970

1969-1970

Smiths De Luxe Wristwatch Worn by Sir Edmund Hillary on His Ascent of Mount Everest 1953

1953

NeXT Computer

1988-1990

Crick and Watson's DNA Molecular Model

1953

Vaginal Speculum for Applying Leeches

1801-1830

Snuff Box, England, 1771-1830

1771-1830

Babbage's Analytical Engine, 1834-1871. (Trial model)

1871

Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg

1801

Phillip's Economic Computer

1949

Contraceptive Sponge

1920-1960

Three-ring Enigma cypher machine in oak wood transit case

1934

Packet of 20 Death Cigarettes, London, England, 1999

1999

Motorola StarTAC mobile phone, 1997.

1997

Difference Engine No. 1

circa 1832

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770

1770

Apollo 10 Command Module, Call Sign 'Charlie Brown'

1969

Swan electric lamp

1878-1879

'Pedoscope' shoe-fitting X-ray viewer

1948-1953

Philips TCD308 Mobile Telephone, 1997-2001

1997-2001

Packet of 20 Marlboro Lights

1999

Great Northern Railway 4-2-2 locomotive Stirling Single

1870

Electric locomotive, No. 26020

1951

Model of Wright Flyer

1903

'Build a Better Burger' Game

1984-1986

Napier's Bones

1690

Foucault Pendulum for Demonstrating the Earth's Rotation

1988

Japanese magic mirror

The Munition Girls

1918

Caesium Atomic Clock, 1955.

1955

Packet of 'De Reszke Minors' Cigarettes

1920-1950

Cubical polyhedral sundial

1751-1800

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

1872

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

1700-1850

Thalomid (thalidomide) capsules

1999

Obsidian possibly used in trephination experiments

1918-1920

Steam locomotive, entitled Evening Star

1960

Edison telephone, 1879

1879

'Openshaw' artificial wooden hand

circa 1919

Orrery made by John Rowley for the Earl of Orrery

1712-1713

Motorola 'GSM flare' mobile telephone, 1995

1995

Bush TV22 Television Receiver, 1945-1955

1945-1955

Ericsson A1018s mobile telephone, 1998-2002

1998-2002

Chinese Government Railways Steam Locomotive 4-8-4 KF Class No 7

1935

'Gynaeplaque' model, United States, 1925-1935

1925-1935