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Dr Who spaceship

Space Technology

1980

Wall telephone with Blake transmitter, 1880-1900

Telecommunications

1880-1900

Flying shuttle

Textile Industry

1920-1960

Hand brand, for use on felons or deserters, England, 1642-1649

Wellcome (general)

1642-1649

Contraceptive sponge

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1920-1960

Three-ring Enigma cypher machine in oak wood transit case

Radio Communication

1934

Foucault Pendulum for demonstrating the Earth's rotation

Astronomy

1988

Packet of 20 'Churchman's No.1 Special' cigarettes

Smoking

1920-1950

L&YR locomotive, number 1008

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1889

Apollo 11, Lunar Module 'Eagle', 1969.

Space Technology

1963-1969

Apollo 11 Lunar Lander kit (21-7-69). First moon l

Space Technology

1969

Voigtlander daguerreotype camera

Photographic Technology

1841

Aveling and Porter steam traction engine

Road Transport

c.1871

Three-valve radio receiver, 1922-1925

Radio Communication

1922-1925

Aerial tuning inductor from the Rugby Radio Station, 1943-1966

Radio Communication

1943-1966

Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1961
1749-1823, physician; surgeon; pioneer of smallpox vaccination, British; English

Jenner, Edward

1749 - 1823

Bo-Bo No 1

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1902

main frame, for Automatic Computing Engine (ACE) pilot model, 1949

Computing & Data Processing

1949

Joseph Jackson Lister's microscope, London, England, 1826

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1826

Caroline Herschel's telescope, 1795-1816

Astronomy

1795-1825

Swan necked glass retort

Medical Glass-ware

1760-1870

Difference Engine No.2, designed by Charles Babbage, built by Science Museum

Computing & Data Processing

1991

Orrery made for the Earl of Orrery

Astronomy

1712-1713

Bowl from Hiroshima, Japan

Nuclear Physics

1935-1945

Ampoule of anti gas-gangrene serum

Public Health & Hygiene

1934

Model of a Power loom for plain weaving

Textiles Machinery

1857

Reid III Rangefinder Camera

Photographic Technology

c. 1956

Arkwright's Water Frame

Textile Industry

1775

The Demon Detective camera

Photographic Technology

1889

George III's philosophical table

King George III

1761-1762

Class 20 No. 20050

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1957

NER 0-6-0 '1001' class steam locomotive and tender, No 1275, 1874

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1874

Boyle-type anaesthetic machine

Anaesthesiology

1955-1965

Furness Railway steam locomotive 'Coppernob' 0-4-0, No 3, 1846

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1846

London & North Western Railway 'Hardwicke'

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1873

Thomson's (Lord Kelvin) First Tide Predicting Machine, 1876

Geophysics

1876

West Japan Railways Shinkansen 'Bullet Train', 1976

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1976

Pocket watch concealed in a memento mori

Anatomy & Pathology

1700-1936

Strowger automatic telephone, 1901-1910

Telecommunications

1901-1910

Toothbrush with horsehair bristles, London, England, 1870-1920

Dentistry

1870-1920

Snow plough, North Eastern Railway

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1891

Robert Hooke type microscope

Microscopes

1671-1700

Pullman Car Company, called Topaz

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1913

Glass copy negative of Roundhay Garden Scene

Cinematography

1930s (1888)

Sony CM-H333 mobile telephone, 1991-2000

Telecommunications

1991-2000

Motorola 'GSM flare' mobile telephone, 1995

Telecommunications

1995

replica of Bell's 1876 centennial telephone transmitter, 1959

Telecommunications

1959

Palmer's micrometer (replica)

Industrial Metrology

c. 1848

A stchoty, Russian abacus.

Mathematics

1901-1930