Kodak "Retina I" camera with Compur rapid shutter, 1935.

Photographic Technology

1935

Signal relay box

Signalling & Telecommunications

'City of Truro' Steam locomotive

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1903

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

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1874

Machine used for covering wires with silk and cotton, 1837

Textiles Machinery

1837

Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway 3rd Class open railway carriage, 1834

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1834

Steam locomotive, 'Beattie Well Tank'

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1874

Caroline Herschel's telescope, 1795-1816

Astronomy

1795-1825

Hypodermic syringe with glass phials of drugs

Therapeutics

1885-1910

Swan electric lamp

Lighting

1878-1879

Maxim's 'Pipe of Peace', 1909-1910

Therapeutics

1909-1910

Genoese medicine chest

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1562-1566

Motorola StarTAC mobile phone, 1997.

Telecommunications

1997

Section of a CB1 manual telephone exchange switchboard, 1925-1960

Telecommunications

1925-1960

Hull Corporation telephone, 1900-1910

Telecommunications

1900-1910

Diesel Locomotive Class 47 'Prince William'

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1965

Three-valve radio receiver, 1922-1925

Radio Communication

1922-1925

Compound Microscope used by Joseph Jackson Lister

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1830-1850

Early balance spring watch by Thomas Tompion

Time Measurement

1675-1679

V2 Rocket, A4 missile

Space Technology

1945

Tensival tablets and Distaval tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1958-1962

'Chopper' bicycle

Road Transport

1978

BBC (Zenith-GE) Stereo FM Receiver and Speakers

Television

1962

Bo-Bo No 1

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1902

Anderson-type obstetrical forceps, United Kingdom, 1901-1930

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1901-1930

replica of Bell's 1876 centennial telephone transmitter, 1959

Telecommunications

1959

Steam locomotive, number 673

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1897

Diesel-hydraulic locomotive, Western Fusilier

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1963

Sewing machine by Elias Howe

Textiles Machinery

c. 1846

Claxton ear cap, England, 1925-1945

Therapeutics

1925-1945

Pharmacy sign in the shape of a unicorn's head

Pharmacy-ware

1700-1870

Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.

Telecommunications

1850

The Demon Detective camera

Photographic Technology

1889

Empty bottle for Opium tincture tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1880-1940

West Coast Joint Stock postal sorting van No 186, 1885

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1885

Ancient Greek Cupping Cup

Classical & Medieval Medicine

400 BCE- 100 BCE

Memento mori showing woman with half a head and half a skull

Anatomy & Pathology

1801-1900

Bowl from Hiroshima, Japan

Nuclear Physics

1935-1945

Machine-Screw thread making tool, by Henry Maudslay

Hand and Machine Tools

c.1800

Britannia statue

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

1849

Kodak No 1 Camera

Photographic Technology

c. 1891

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

Dentistry

1870-1920

Gyroscope platform

Space Technology

1945

Three-ring Enigma cypher machine in oak wood transit case

Radio Communication

1934

'Bob the Builder' animation set

Creative Industries

Ether vaporizer for use with Boyle's anaesthetic machine

Anaesthesiology

1955-1965

Bottle of Alertis Cordial, United States, 1901-1920

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1901-1920

Fireless locomotive, named Imperial

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1956