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Oak wood statue of St Sebastian

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1520-1530

Rolls-Royce 10 hp, two cylinder motor car

Road Transport

1905

Hutchinson 'Rabbit' mobile telepoint telephone, 1993

Telecommunications

1993

Spinning mule

Textile Industry

1927

Compagnie Internationale de Wagon-Lits et de Grands Express Europeens sleeping car, 1933

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1933

Bell's harmonic telegraph receiver, 1925-1958

Telecommunications

1925-1958

'Prorace' cervical cap

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1915-1925

Sans Pareil

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1829

Decimal watch by Richard Dover Statter and Thomas Statter

Clockmakers

1862

Bosch 509e mobile telephone, 1999-2003

Telecommunications

1999-2003

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

Computing & Data Processing

1991

SR 'Winston Churchill' 4-6-2 Battle of Britain Class, No 34051

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1945

Glass female urinal, Europe, 1701-1800

Public Health & Hygiene

1701-1800

King Edward's Saloon

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1903

Pritchards DDT Insect Spray.

Industrial Chemistry

1970

Original vacuum cleaner, from to Royal Naval College

Domestic Appliances

1905

Electric locomotive, No. 26020

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1951

Pasteur-Chamberland-type water filter

Public Health & Hygiene

1884-1900

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

Anaesthesiology

1847-1848

Laennec's stethoscope

Clinical Diagnosis

1815-1825

Artificial arm, below-elbow prosthesis

Orthopaedics

1895-1904

Model of a male white baby at 22-23 weeks' development, England, 1998

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1998

Caesium atomic clock, 1955.

Time Measurement

1955

Carbolic steam spray used by Joseph Lister

Surgery

1866-1870

Alarm clock, mounted on model of coffin

Anatomy & Pathology

1840-1900

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

Photographic Technology

1839 (original); c. 1988 (replica)

Print of Henry Beighton's Engraving of a Newcomen Engine

Motive Power

1717-1725

Packet of 20 'Three Castles' cigarettes

Smoking

1920-1950

Coin operated toilet lock

Public Health & Hygiene

1890-1930

Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.

Textiles Machinery

1769

Camera Obscura

King George III

1701-1752

Prototype of the Brougham carriage

Road Transport

1838

Vessel for growing mould, used in Oxford, England, 1942

Biotechnology

1940-1944

Cut-away model of the T.S. 'Olympic', 1910-1937

Water Transport

1910-1937

Triumph Palm Beach, gent's bicycle, 23" frame, 196

Road Transport

1964

Packet of 20 Capstan Navy Cut, Full Strength cigar

Smoking

1999

Small orrery by Benjamin Martin

Astronomy

1738-1777

Gaumont-Kalee GK21 35mm cinema projector

Cinematography

1948-1958

Bird cage from Sussex Lunatic Asylum

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1859-1939

Aveling and Porter steam traction engine

Road Transport

c.1871

Philips TCD308 mobile telephone, 1997-2001

Telecommunications

1997-2001

Thompson's Revolver Camera

Photographs

1862

Two bifurcated needles used for smallpox vaccination

Public Health & Hygiene

1968

Gecophone crystal detector radio set no. 1, 1923

Radio Communication

1923

Packet of 'De Reszke Minors' Cigarettes

Smoking

1920-1950

Wells Cathedral clock, 1392

Time Measurement

1392

Water pipe, for smoking opium or tobacco, China, 1801-1830

Smoking

1801-1830

Edison carbon button transmitter No. 32, 1878

Telecommunications

1878

Quarter-plate `Cameo' camera used to take 'second phase' of Cottingley Fairies photographs, 1918-1920

Photographs

1915-1920

Electronic talking 'Lovable Bear'

Domestic Appliances

1999