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Stephenson's Rocket

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1829

Steam locomotive, remains of Robert Stephenson's 0-2-2 locomotive 'Rocket', designed by Robert Stephenson and made by Robert Stephenson & Co., Newcastle upon Tyne, England, 1829

Babbage's Analytical Engine, 1834-1871. (Trial model)

Computing & Data Processing

1871

Analytical engine constructed by the late Chas. Babbage, F.R.S., (this was not put together when received and there are still many pieces, moulds etc. received in 1878, on exhibition in the gallery) Charles Babbage's calculating engines are among the most celebrated icons in the prehistory of computing. His Difference Engine No. 1 was the first successful automatic calculator and remains one of the finest examples of precision engineering of the time. The portion shown was assembled in 1832 by Babbage's engineer, Joseph Clement. It consists of about 2000 parts and represents one-seventh of the complete engine. This 'finished portion of the unfinished engine' was demonstrated to some acclaim by Babbage, and functions impeccably to this day. The engine was never completed and most of the 12 000 parts manufactured were later melted for scrap.

Tool for originating screw threads, made by Henry

Hand and Machine Tools

Tool for originating screw threads, made by Henry Maudslay, 1800-1805

London & North Eastern Railway steam locomotive 'Mallard'

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1938

Steam locomotive and tender, No 4468 ‘Mallard’, Class A4 Pacific, 4-6-2, designed by Nigel Gresley for LNER, built at Doncaster in 1938; length over buffers: 71' 3/8"; width: 9'; weight: 102 tons; 19 cwt; (total weight 165 tonnes 7 cwt); area 50.3m square. Driving wheel diameter 6 feet, 8 inches.

Apollo 10 command module, call sign 'Charlie Brown'

Space Technology

1969

Apollo 10 command module, call sign 'Charlie Brown', by North American Rockwell Corporation, Downey, Los Angeles county, California, United States, American, 1969. Apollo 10, carrying astronauts Thomas Stafford, John Young and Eugene Cernan, was launched in May 1969 on a lunar orbital mission as the dress rehearsal for the actual Apollo 11 landing. Stafford and Cernan descended in the Lunar Module to within 14 kilometres of the surface of the Moon, the closest approach until Neil Armstrong and Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin in Apollo 11 landed on the surface two months later.

Apollo 11, Lunar Module 'Eagle', 1969.

Space Technology

1963-1969

Replica Apollo 11 lunar excursion module

Crick and Watson's DNA molecular model

Biochemistry

1953

Reconstruction of the double helix model of DNA, using some of the original metal plates, by Francis Crick and James Watson, England, 1953

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

Space Technology

1969

Apollo 11 Lunar Lander kit (21-7-69). First moon landing 1969.

Coalbrookdale by Night

Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg

1801

Painting, [Coalbrookdale by Night] / by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1801. Oil on canvas; 68x106.7cm, in gilt frame 85.5x124x7cm. Signed and dated br. Exhibited as 'A View of Colebrook Dale by night' at Royal Academy London, 1801 (cat. 54). Featuring night work at the Bedlam furnaces in Madeley Dale (i.e. Coalbrookdale) along the river Severn, Shropshire. Open coke hearths give off vivid flames and smoke. Archetypal image of the Industrial Revolution.

Queen Victoria's Saloon

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1869

Railway carriage, London & North Western Railway, Queen Victoria's Saloon, built Wolverton Works, 1869.

Soyuz TMA-19M descent module, S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Public Corporation “Energia”

Space Technology

2015

Soyuz TMA-19M descent module, S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Public Corporation “Energia”, Russia, 2015

Difference Engine No 1

Computing & Data Processing

c. 1832

Portion of Babbage's calculating machine (Difference Engine No.1)

London Brighton & South Coast Railway locomotive Boxhill

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1880

Steam locomotive, London Brighton & South Coast Railway, 0-6-0T No 82, "Boxhill", designed by William Stroudley, built at Brighton in 1880, withdrawn in 1946.

West Japan Railways Shinkansen 'Bullet Train', 1976

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1976

Power car, Shinkansen Leading Car 22-141, 'bullet train', built by West Japan Railways, 1976, withdrawn from service in October 2000. Length 82'; width 11' 8"; height 14' 6 1/2".

Railway Collecting Dog: "Laddie"

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1948

Railway Collecting Dog: "Laddie", stuffed Airedale Terrier in glass showcase with collecting box for London & South Western Railway Servants' Orphanage, ex Wimbledon Station.

'Puffing Billy' locomotive

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1813-1814

Locomotive 'Puffing Billy'. Driving wheel diameter 3 feet 3 inches; cylinders 9 inches x 36 inches; working pressure 50lb; weight approximately 8 tons, exclusive of tender.

Great Northern Railway locomotive Stirling Single

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1870

Steam locomotive and tender, Great Northern Railway, 4-2-2 No 1, designed by Patrick Stirling, built at Doncaster in 1870, withdrawn in 1907.

Alcock and Brown's Vickers Vimy biplane

Aeronautics

1919

Alcock and Brown's Vickers Vimy biplane

Chinese Government Railways Steam Locomotive 4-8-4 KF Class No 7

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1935

Steam locomotive KF class number 7, 4-8-4, Chinese Government Railways, designed by Colonel Kenneth Cantlie, built by Vulcan Foundry in 1935 (as number 607), withdrawn in 1981. Length over buffers: 93' 2.5" (or 73' 2.5"); width 10' 2"; height 15' 6"; weight 194,870 kgs.

NeXT cube computer, 1990

Temporary Exhibitions

1990

"NeXTcube," a NeXT computer, including screen, keyboard and mouse, made by NeXT, Redwood CIty, California, United States, 1990. Used by Tim Berners-Lee to design the World Wide Web, at CERN, 1990.

Rover 'Safety' bicycle, 1885

Road Transport

1885

Rover safety bicycle of 1885. (First embodiment of the modern arrangement.) (Saddle re-made by Brooks in 1961).

LMS(R) steam locomotive with tender 'Duchess of Hamilton' 4-6-2 Coronation class, No 6229, 1938

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1938

Steam locomotive and tender, No 46229 'Duchess of Hamilton', 8P Coronation class, 4-6-2, London Midland & Scottish Railway, designed by William Stanier, built at Crewe in 1938. Length over buffers: 73' 10 1/4"; width 9' 3"; height 12' 9'; weight: 105 tons; 5 cwt; driving wheel diameter 6 feet, 9 inches (total weight according to H C Casserley 161 tonnes 12 cwt).

Packet of 20 Death cigarettes, London, England, 1999

Smoking

1999

Packet of 20 Death cigarettes, labelled: 'Manufacturer's advice: Cigarettes are addictive and debilitating. If you don't smoke, don't start. Death is a responsible way to market a legally available consumer product which kills people when used exactly as intended. Death cigarettes: For an honest smoke', made in the EC under the authority of The Enlightened Tobacco Company Plc, London, c.1999.

Battery locomotive, North Staffordshire Railway

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1917

Battery locomotive, North Staffordshire Railway, Bo, built 1917 for T. Bolton & Sons, withdrawn from service 1963.

English Electric Company diesel electric locomotive 'Deltic' Co-Co 3300HP, 1955

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1955

Diesel-electric locomotive, prototype English Electric 3300HP "Deltic", 1955, BR number 'DP1"

Arkwright's water frame, 1775.

Textiles Machinery

1775

Improved spinning machine (water frame), by Sir Richard Arkwright, England, 1775.

Steam locomotive, entitled Evening Star

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1960

Steam locomotive and tender, British Railways, 9F class 2-10-0 No 92220 "Evening Star", designed by R.A.Riddles, built at Swindon in 1960, withdrawn in 1965.

SR 'Ellerman Lines' 4-6-2 Merchant Navy Class sectioned steam locomotive, No 35029

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1949

Steam locomotive and tender (sectioned), No 35029 ‘Ellerman Lines’, Merchant Navy Class, 4-6-2, built for Southern Railway, designed by O V Bulleid at Eastleigh, 1949, rebuilt to current form in Sept. 1959. Length over buffers: 72'; width 8' 7"; height 12' 9"; weight: 97 ton, 18 cwt; driving wheel diameter 6’ 2”.

Steam locomotive 'Green Arrow'

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1936

Steam locomotive and tender, London & North Eastern Railway, V2 class 2-6-2 No 4771 "Green Arrow", designed by Nigel Gresley, built at Doncaster in 1936, withdrawn in 1962.

Personal Computer, model Apple I

Computing & Data Processing

1976-1979

Personal Computer, model Apple I, devised by Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs and Ron Wayne, and made by Apple Inc, United States, 1976-1979.

Rotative steam engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788.

Motive Power

1788

Boulton and Watt Rotative Beam Engine - the 'Lap' engine. This is the oldest essentially unaltered rotative engine in the world. Built by James Watt in 1788, it incorporates all of his most important steam-engine improvements. The engine was used at Matthew Boulton’s Soho Manufactory in Birmingham, where it drove 43 metal polishing (or ‘lapping’) machines for 70 years.

Avro Shackleton A.E.W. 2

Aeronautics

1954

Avro Shackleton A.E.W.2 reconnaissance aircraft, Military Service No. WR 960, made by A. V. Roe & Co. Ltd, Woodford, 1954.

South Eastern & Chatham Railway Class D 4-4-0 steam locomotive No 737

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1901

Steam locomotive and tender, No 737, Class D, 4-4-0, South Eastern & Chatham Railway, designed by H S Wainwright, built at Ashford in 1901, withdrawn in 1956. Fifty Class D 4-4-0s were built. Length over buffers 57'; width 8' 6"; weight: 50 tonnes; area 42.89m square. Driving wheel diameter 6 feet, 8 inches.

Bosch 509e mobile telephone, 1999-2003

Telecommunications

1999-2003

Bosch 509e mobile phone, sold for exclusive use on the Orange network, manufactured by Bosch, Denmark, 1999-2003

Rorschach Inkblot Test, Bern Switzerland, 1942

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1921

Set of ten Rorschach inkblot test cards in cardboard case, printed by Hans Huber, Bern, Switzerland, 1921-1950

Steam locomotive, number 245

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1897

Steam locomotive, London & South Western Railway, M7 class 0-4-4T No 245, designed by Dugald Drummond, built at Nine Elms in 1897, withdrawn in 1962.

Improved Patent Magneto Electric Machine for nervous diseases

Therapeutics

1862

Improved Patent Magneto Electric Machine for nervous diseases, dynamo with steel magnet and brass and ebony terminals to apply to patient, all in polished wood case dated, unsigned, Europe, 1862

Philips 'Savvy' mobile telephone, 1999-2003

Telecommunications

1999-2003

Philips "Savvy" (TCD128) mobile phone, manufactured by Philips, France, 1999-2003

Working replica of Rocket

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1979

Steam locomotive and tender, Liverpool & Manchester Railway, replica, "Rocket" 0-2-2, designed by Robert Stephenson, built 1979 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Rainhill Trials.

Builder's whole, rigged model, of SS 'Great Eastern', 1853-1857

Water Transport

1853-1857

Builder's whole, rigged model, scale 1:96, of SS 'Great Eastern' by John Scott Russell and Company, Millwall, London, England, 1853-1857

Philips TCD308 mobile telephone, 1997-2001

Telecommunications

1997-2001

Philips Cellnet 'Diga' TCD308 mobile phone, made by Philips, France, 1997. CN: VYP09902E04442

Steam Locomotive, named Winston Churchill

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1945

Steam locomotive, Southern Railway, Battle of Britain class 4-6-2 No 34051 "Winston Churchill", designed by O.V. Bulleid, built at Brighton in 1945, withdrawn in 1965.

Steam locomotive, 'Beattie Well Tank'

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1874

Steam locomotive, London & South Western Railway, 2-4-0WT No 298, 'Beattie Well Tank', designed by W.G. Beattie, built in 1874, withdrawn in 1962. Renumbered 30587 by British Railways.

Phillip's Economic Computer

Computing & Data Processing

1949

Phillips Economics Analog Computer, devised by Bill Phillips at the London School of Economics, 1949 known as MONIAC [Monetary National Income Analogue Computer]

Electronic storm surge modelling machine

Oceanography

1960-2007

Electronic storm surge model, invented and constructed by Shizuo Ishiguro at the National Institute of Oceanography, Wormley, 1960-2007. The Electronic storm surge model is a depth-integrated single-layer two-dimensional electronic model based on hydrodynamic equations used to examine tidal surges, comprising three main units; a unit holding the input and output devices (Advance Instruments OS-240 oscilloscope, Commodore CBM 8032 Computer and Commodore 2031 5¼" floppy disk drive, and another two units (connected and wired together in a V formation) forming the mesh framework of the machine.

Great Northern Railway, locomotive 251

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1902

Steam locomotive and tender, Great Northern Railway, 4-4-2 No 251, designed by H A Ivatt, built at Doncaster in 1902, withdrawn in 1947.

Grand Junction Railway locomotive 'Columbine'

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1845

Steam locomotive and tender, Grand Junction Railway, (London & North Western Railway), 2-2-2 No 49, "Columbine", designed by Alexander Allen, built at Crewe Works in 1845, withdrawn in 1902, cab separated from locomotive.

Napier's Bones, c.1690.

Mathematics

c. 1690

Set of Napier's rods in boxwood case John Napier, the inventor of logarithms, also invented this aid to calculation known as 'Napier's Bones' in 1617. The 'bones' consist of a set of rectangular rods, each marked with a counting number at the top, and the multiples of that number down their lengths. When aligned against the row of multiples as shown, any multiple of the top number can be read off from right to left by adding the digits in each parallelogram in the appropriate row. Multiplication is thus reduced to addition.

Sony 'Trinitron' colour television, 1969-1970

Radio Communication

1969-1970

Sony 'Trinitron' colour television set, model type KV-1320UB, manufactured by Sony, Japan, 1969-1970. Serial No. 505704