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Exchequer standard yard of Queen Elizabeth I, 1588

Weighing & Measuring

1588

Queen Adelaide's Saloon, NO. 2

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1842

Edison telephone peg switchboard and pegs, 1879

Telecommunications

1879

Gooch centrepiece, 1872

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1872

Gutta-percha armorial moulding, 1850-1900

Plastics and Modern Materials

1850-1900

Portrait bust of James Watt, reconstructed from plaster mould found in Watt's Workshop

Hand and Machine Tools

2010

Gear wheel from long-case clock by Fromanteel

Time Measurement

1660-1665

Pocket microscope by Jeremiah Sisson

Microscopes

1752

Experimental carbon pencil microphone, 1878-1890

Telecommunications

1878-1890

Sector by Charles Whitwell

Mathematics

1600-11

powdered graphite microphone, 1878-1890

Telecommunications

1878-1890

Hertzian oscillator, 1894

Radio Communication

1894

Henley's magneto electric double needle telegraph, 1848-1852

Telecommunications

1848-1852

Tooth shade guide, England, 1890-1910

Dentistry

1890-1910

Powdered graphite microphone, 1878-1890

Telecommunications

1878-1890

DNA synthesiser, Slough, England, 1975-1985

Biotechnology

1975-1985

'Portia' baby balance, England, 1920-1950

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1920-1950

pot for Daniell cell used by Edward Davy, 1836-1839

Telecommunications

1836-1839

Rigged model of H.M. Bark 'Endeavour', 1974

Water Transport

1765

C.W. transmitter/receiver, Mk.1, 1917

Radio Communication

1917

Pack of Tabmint anti-smoking chewing gum, Denmark, 1974-1984

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1974-1984

Gunter quadrant

Astronomy

1650-1725

Audio trunk cable specimen, 1925-1935

Telecommunications

1925-1935

Okia G18 mobile telephone, 2007-2012

Telecommunications

2007-2012

Claudivs Converse electronic voice unit, 1985

Telecommunications

1985

SIM card issued by Total Access Communications, 1994

Telecommunications

1994

Passive component plate, type A3, for Sargrove sprayed-circuit radio receiver, 1936-1948

Electronic Components

1936-1948

Director switching device, 1927

Telecommunications

1927

Trademark printing block

Textile Industry

1880-1910

shrub hill road level crossing notice

Railway Infrastructure

Platt Brothers Notice

Textile Industry

1898

Carding engine

Textile Industry

Desk telephone transmitter and receiver (sectioned), 1926.

Telecommunications

1926

Siemens and Halske's ABC telegraph

Telecommunications

1850-1897

Screw-actuated microinjection-microaspiration syringe and manipulator

Laboratory Medicine

1990-1995

Short SC 1 VTOL aircraft XG900, c 1950s.

Aeronautics

1950-1959

Drawing frame

Textile Industry

1901

Atlantic Telegraph Cable Souvenir, 1873

Telecommunications

1873-1920

Telephone crossbar switch, Swedish Ericsson, 1921

Telecommunications

1921

Zither switch with open-wire multiple and two-motion ratchet drive, 1894

Telecommunications

1894

Hull Corporation telephone, 1900-1910

Telecommunications

1900-1910

Part of voltaic cell

Scientific Instruments & Research

Electric motor used by James J

Scientific Instruments & Research

1860

Loewe 3NF radio valve, 1926-1966

Electronic Components

1926-1966

Pilot 5000 electronic organiser, 1996

Computing & Data Processing

1996

Sony 'Trinitron' colour television, 1969-1970

Radio Communication

1969-1970

Eurostar 3000 satellite, 2000

Space Technology

2000

Replicas of Alexander Graham Bell's 1879 'Patent Office' telephone, 1959

Telecommunications

1959

Lead weight marked 'Reid' from the first cross-Channel telegraph cable, 1850.

Telecommunications

1850

Model of a Power loom for plain weaving

Textiles Machinery

1857