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Thumbscrew, France, 1601-1850

1601-1850

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

1801-1900

Rover 'Safety' Bicycle, 1885

1885

Crick and Watson's DNA Molecular Model

1953

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

1953

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

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

1872

Sony 'Trinitron' Colour Television, 1969-1970

1969-1970

Packet of 20 Death Cigarettes, London, England, 1999

1999

Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg

1801

Electrogalvanic amulet

1880-1900

Difference Engine No. 1

circa 1832

Philips TCD308 Mobile Telephone, 1997-2001

1997-2001

Cubical polyhedral sundial

1751-1800

Motorola StarTAC mobile phone, 1997.

1997

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

1871

Apollo 10 Command Module, Call Sign 'Charlie Brown'

1969

Steam locomotive, entitled Evening Star

1960

Edison telephone, 1879

1879

Contraceptive Sponge

1920-1960

The Munition Girls

1918

Snuff Box, England, 1771-1830

1771-1830

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

1770

Packet of Craven 'A' cigarettes by Carreras Ltd

1920-1950

Model of Wright Flyer

1903

Electronic talking 'Lovable Bear' child's toy

1999

Swindon Works Drawings

Ngetwa 3 herbal medicine

2005

'Cat's whisker' Crystal Radio

1920-1925

Three-ring Enigma cypher machine in oak wood transit case

1934

'Memento mori' watch in the form of a skull, known as the 'Mary Queen of Scots' watch.

1780-1850

Alcock and Brown's Vickers Vimy Biplane

1919

Swan electric lamp

1878-1879

Personal Computer, model Apple I

1976-1979

Napier's Bones

1690

Foucault Pendulum for Demonstrating the Earth's Rotation

1988

Ericsson A1018s mobile telephone, 1998-2002

1998-2002

Nokia 1011 Mobile Telephone, 1992-1994

1992-1994

Great Northern Railway 4-2-2 locomotive Stirling Single

1870

Brennan's Gyroscopic Mono-rail Car

1907

Prototype of the Brougham carriage

1838

Samsung microwave oven, 1990s

1990-1998

Gecophone Crystal Detector Radio Set No. 1, 1923

1923

Collection of charts depicting the hardware and uses of computing, communication and domestic technology in India

Hoover constellation vacuum cleaner with attachments

circa 1956-1959

Caesium Atomic Clock, 1955.

1955

Aveling and Porter steam traction engine

circa 1871

'Pedoscope' shoe-fitting X-ray viewer

1948-1953

Packet of 10 'Gold Flake' Cigarettes

1920-1950

Packet of 'De Reszke Minors' Cigarettes

1920-1950