Image
Category
Collection
On Display
Object type
Maker
Place of origin
Date

George III's pendulum

1762

Ribbon loom with jacquard head

circa 1900

Lucas grapnel, 1888-1960

1888-1960

King George III's central forces machine

1762

Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral

1769

Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

1851

Demainbray's Irish low-backed cart model

1735-1754.

Stock Exchange automatic telegraph, 1872-1880

1872-1880

Compendium by Elias Allen

1630-1653

Celestial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu

1603

Sample of the first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

Magnetic key, 1850-1870

1850-1870

Experimental transmitting ‘jigger’ used by the Marconi Company, 1899

1899

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

1865-1866

Hindley's pyrometer and three expansion tubes made by Henry Hindley

1752

wheel cutting machine

1668-1672 Probable

Replica of Bell's 1876 'iron-box' receiver, 1959

1876

Hand perforator and copy stand for Wheatstone automatic telegraph system, 1890-1910

1890-1910

Demainbray's model scorpion catapult

1745-1755

Spiral spring coherer, 1890-1894

1890-1894

Demainbray's wharf jib crane model

1729-1753

Telstar maser assembly with magnet, 1962-1967

1962-1967

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

London Midland & Scottish Railway decorative crest

1928

Mural arc made for King George III

1770

Fireless locomotive, named Imperial

1956

Wood and iron truss for sculpture machine

1790-1819

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

1872

Anatomical model of the spine

1901

Iron gin rat trap, England, 1750-1900

1750-1900

Tinder pistol in egg-shaped

1700-1850

'Electric tonic' amusement machine, Europe, 1915-1925

1915-1925

Box of aspirin tablets, London, England, 1949-1966

1949-1966

Handcuffs, iron, 1601-1830

1601-1830

Oak medicine chest, Europe, 1701-1800

1701-1800

Pair of obstetrical forceps

Child's spinal support, Europe, 1771-1800

1771-1800

Brass-bound lodestone

1675-1700

compass

1700-1800

Electric Flat Iron, 1895-1905

1895-1905

Logic door from a Ferranti Mark I computer, 1951

1951

Dover Castle turret clock

1632-1640

Roving frame

1927

Hank Winding Machine

1897

Model of Rotative Beam Engine by William Tongue, c. 1804

1797-1804

'Leesona' Pirn Winder

1893-1959

Thirty-inch terrestial globe showing cable routes, 1900-1920

1900-1920

Single ended wrench

1880-1950

Hollerith 45 column horizontal electrical sorting machine, 1920-1930

1920-1930

Astrolabe by Ferdinand Arsenius

1607-1618