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

1801-1900

Thumbscrew, France, 1601-1850

1601-1850

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

1872

Rover 'Safety' Bicycle, 1885

1885

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Vaginal Speculum for Applying Leeches

1801-1830

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

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

Crick and Watson's DNA Molecular Model

1953

Apollo 10 Command Module, Call Sign 'Charlie Brown'

1969

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

1871

Box containing a miniature Qur'an. Replica of the Ka‘ba

2011

Difference Engine No. 1

circa 1832

Snuff Box, England, 1771-1830

1771-1830

Motorola StarTAC mobile phone, 1997.

1997

Alcock and Brown's Vickers Vimy Biplane

1919

Philips TCD308 Mobile Telephone, 1997-2001

1997-2001

Wooden Acupuncture Model

1681

Set of thirteen spirit bubbles, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1801-1900

1801-1900

Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg

1801

Phillip's Economic Computer

1949

Surgical instrument set, Germany, 1917

1917

Mill Engine by Burnley Ironworks Company

Dental Pelican for Tooth Pulling

1701-1800

Dental instruments used for tooth pulling, France, 1700-1800

1700-1800

Obsidian possibly used in trephination experiments

1918-1920

Packet of 10 'Gold Flake' Cigarettes

1920-1950

Contraceptive Sponge

1920-1960

Gas mask, Germany, 1915-1918

1915-1918

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

1700-1850

Packet of 20 Death Cigarettes, London, England, 1999

1999

Working replica of Rocket

1979

Three-ring Enigma cypher machine in oak wood transit case

1934

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

1872

'Pedoscope' shoe-fitting X-ray viewer

1948-1953

Replica of Bell's 1876 centennial telephone transmitter, 1959

1959

Lord Kelvin's 'ironclad' marine galvanometer, 1865-1866

1865-1866

Collection of sexual aids in a wooden box, Japan, 1930-1939

1930-1939

Model of Leeuwenhoek's microscope

1901-1930

'Openshaw' artificial wooden hand

circa 1919

'Self-Conscious Gene' sculpture by Marc Quinn

2019

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

1935

Great Northern Railway 4-2-2 locomotive Stirling Single

1870

SR 'Ellerman Lines' 4-6-2 Merchant Navy Class sectioned steam locomotive, No 35029

1949

'Merman'

1801-1900

Electronic talking 'Lovable Bear' child's toy

1999

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

DEC PDP-8 minicomputer, 1965.

1965

Napier's Bones

1690