Diagram of a Maglev test centre's guideway and control equipment.

Ray diagrams, 1704.

Plastic model of an antibiotic sensitivity disc test, Europe, c.1980.

Print showing the anatomy of the human eye, Europe, c.1860.

Plastic dustbin stuffed with plastic fish, 1998.

Optical effect of a convex lens, c 1990s.

Optical effect of a convex lens, c 1990s.

Wooden plaque of St Lucy of Syracuse, Spanish, 17th century.

Wooden plaque of St Lucy of Syracuse, Spanish, 17th century.

Lion, hand-coloured magic lantern slide, 19th century.

Post mortem surgical instrument set, 1783-1844, and 'Visible Man', 1993.

'The Man with the Weather Eye', 1840s.