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Cooke and Wheatstone 5-needle telegraph, 1837

Telecommunications

1837

The REFLECTION Acetabular Cup System

Plastics and Modern Materials

2006

polarized 'guillotine' relay, 1862-1866

Telecommunications

1862-1866

Medresco portable hearing aid

Audiology

1953

Wax portrait of Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy (1780 – 1854)

Clockmakers

1851

Receiver printer for stock exchange printing telegraph, 1907

Telecommunications

1907

Daniell cell used by Edward Davy, 1836-1839

Telecommunications

1836-1839

Orrery made for the Earl of Orrery

Astronomy

1712-1713

Packet of 10 'Gold Flake' cigarettes

Smoking

1920-1950

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, English civil engineer, mid-19th century.

Railways

1860

Excell M2 Pocketphone, 1987.

Telecommunications

1987

BBC Domesday system 'Community' Laserdisc

Computing & Data Processing

1986

Demonstration model with intrauterine device and inserter

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1960-1979

Crick and Watson's DNA molecular model

Biochemistry

1953

Waveform slide for Oramics Machine

Acoustics

1966

Storage jar

Medical Ceramic-ware

1714

Plaque showing the development of a human embryo

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1801-1830

Bottle of medicinal water from temple of Asklepios at Athens

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1930

Hack saw

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Model pipe with funnel top

Domestic Appliances

1895

Metal key for the writing desk of the Office of the Metropolitan Commissioners in Lunacy

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1828-1914

Flintlock pistol belonging to John Roger Arnold

Clockmakers

1770-1780

Shell fragment used as an amulet, Germany, 1910-1914

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1910-1914

X-ray plates

Radiomedicine

1914-1918

Netsuke in form of skeleton strangling man

Asian Medicine

1701-1900

Visitor staff from London hospital

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1801-1870

Obsidian possibly used in trephination experiments

Surgery

1918-1920

Glass tube containing a portion of the first submarine cable laid between Dover and Calais, 1875-1913

Telecommunications

1875-1913

Stone mortar and pestle

Pharmacy-ware

1750-1850

Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856

Telecommunications

1856

submarine cable laid across the River Medina, 1878

Telecommunications

1878

Case for phantom larynx

Clinical Diagnosis

1870-1916

Pioneers of Electric Telegraphy at the British Association

Telecommunications

1865

Transistorised submarine repeater, 1982

Telecommunications

1982

Pill tile, England, 1617-1700

Pharmacy-ware

1617-1700

Moulded plastic leg bone showing orthopaedic appliances, Europe, 1975-1985

Plastics and Modern Materials

1975-1985

Ceramic pot for Oriental toothpaste

Dentistry

1870-1910

gutta-percha hearing aid, 1840-1910

Audiology

1840-1910

Dental forceps from set of blacksmith's dental instruments

Dentistry

1800-1850

Clockwork interruptor, once owned by David Hughes, 1875-1880

Radio Communication

1875-1880

Home-made equipment for 30-line television reception, 1929-1935

Radio Communication

1929-1935

Blackboard from the ward of a Spanish monastic infirmary

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1701-1900

Infant feeding bottle

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1935-1945

Portable double-needle telegraph and test set, 1850

Telecommunications

1850

Pieces of Wedgwood ware

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1768-1780

X-ray tube

X-rays

1895-1899

Pear shaped glass, curved tube from top, straight tube from bottom

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Silver thimble, used to pass a current through the 1866 Transatlantic cable, 1860-1866

Telecommunications

1860-1866

Henley needle galvanometer, 1855-1860

Telecommunications

1855-1860

Fowler's phrenological head

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1879-1896