The new signal box control unit at Victoria Station, Manchester, 1962.

The First Flexible Manufacturing System, 1967.

Theatre lighting control unit, British, 1860s.

Moog synthesizer, 1968-1969.

Moog synthesizer, 1968-1969.

Radio-controlled desk clock, American, 2000.

Radio-controlled desk clock, American, 2000.

Arrangement of controls of Wright 'Flyer', 1903.

'Carrier Weathermaker' air conditioning unit, c 1930.

'Carrier Weathermaker' air conditioning unit, c 1930.

Components from the Harvard Mark I computer, 1937-1944.

DNA molecular model kit, USA, 1986.