Two plastic Cadbury's chocolate trays, 1985.

Partially asembled 2-valve radio receiver, 1947.

Specimen of an intermetallic compound of copper and aluminium, 1925.

Ticket office at Colchester station, Essex, 24 February 1964.

Launching gear used for 'Great Eastern', 1857.

Moulded plastic bon-bon tray, c 1946.

Galaxies M81 and M82, c 2005.

Partial upper and lower denture, 1801-1850.

Viking Husqvarna 8010 sewing machine, 1960s.

Wind turbines, Lower North Island, New Zealand, November 2001.

Paddle room of the 'Great Eastern', c 1858.

The surface of Mars from a Viking lander, 1976.