Handbill advertising Cocking's parachute descent, 24 July 1837.

Pair of phenolic plastic candlesticks, c 1920.

Davy's potash experiment, c 1808.

Tail cone of the Space Shuttle Discovery, c 2005.

Tin spout-like lamp.

Rolling double cone and arms, 1762. If the

Wooden travelling candlestick, probably 19th century.

Sample of intermetallic compound of copper and aluminium, 1925.

Bakelite pin tray, 1950.

Boarding House, Newquay, Cornwall, 1968.

Peter Dollond, British optician, c 1800.

Motion of Venus or Mercury magic lantern slide, 19th century.