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Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Oersted Compass Needle, 1828

1828

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)

Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement

1705-1737

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB

1990-95

Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Replica of Lightning Conductor by Benjamin Franklin, United States, 1730-1760

1730-1760 (original); 1931-1939 (replica)

Watt's Pumping Engine 'Old Bess', 1777

1777 (original); 1894 (model)

Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

Model of Mud House

6000-5000BCE

1927-current (2007); manufacturer of electrical equipment

Crompton Parkinson Limited

1827

Fowler, William Henry

1807 - 1904

Walker's Railway Time Table, and Coach, Omnibus and Carriers' List

1883-01

Photograph of Fern Leaf

1836-02

Lorina, Edith and Alice Liddel

1872-08

Bunbury's Whims

1828

Reproduction of Joseph Priestley's oxygen apparatus

1774; 1923

Lithograph portrait on stone of Henry Maudslay, 1827

1827

Persian pottery measure

circa 3000 BCE

Persian pottery measure

circa 3000 BCE

Iron Weight

1910-130

RGD Television

1965-195

One of two Sumerian solid cylindrical weights

circa 2000 BCE

2 circular plaster casts of the 2 halves of a Greek coin

700-100 BCE; 1930-1950

Stella Projection Television Receiver, Type ST1481

1950-159

Poncelet's Water Wheel, 1824

1824 (original); 1891 (model)

'Your Carry', 1867

1867-04

W Holman Hunt in his Eastern dress

1864-05

Daisy

1864-04

Anthony Trolloppe (sic)

1864-10

Sir John Herschel

1867-04

The Dirty Monk', Alfred Lord Tennyson, May 1865

1865-05

Great Western Railway "Cornishman" Express Train, hauled by 4-4-2 No. 3046 "Lord of the Isles"

1899/12

Great Western Railway "Cornishman" Express Train, hauled by 4-4-2 No. 3046 "Lord of the Isles".

1899/12

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

Engraving, hand coloured. View in the Regent's Park; East Gate

1828

The Progress of Steam

1828

Carrier's Way-Bill

1828

Coloured aquatint: "View of the Suspension Bridge erected over the Menai Strait in North Wales - Looking towards Beaumaris"

1828

Medal commemorating Samuel Thomas von Soemmerring

1828

Worn pewter(?) medal commemorating some person's d

1828