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Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Wheatstone printing telegraph, 1841

1841

Eclipse

1841

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1st Class carriage 'Traveller'

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Replica of 16th century German 'Hund' wagon, 1986

1986 (replica); 1501-1600 (original)

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

1705-1737

Copy of the Receiver and Alarm Call of Schilling's Electric Telegraph, 1870-1877

1870-1877

Tobacco tin - George Pearson, Darlington Conductor on the Great North of England Railway Coaches, April 13 1841

1841

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

Silver lancet case, empty

1841

Lancets

1841

Wood tobacco pipe

1860-1820

Oesophageal forceps Durham's

1871-1830

Bronze medal

1841

Medal, bronze, commemorating English surgeon

1841

Circular aluminium(?) medal commemorates Vice Admi

1841

Bronze medal

1841

Bronze medal

1841

Alabaster kohl pot

2000-1350

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

1883-01

Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements

1972-3

door knocker from the Great Hall of Lewis's Department Store

1870-1800

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

Shell used as Ink and Paint Well, Egypt, 3000 BCE

3000 BCE

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

1990-95

W Holman Hunt in his Eastern dress

1864-05

The Dirty Monk', Alfred Lord Tennyson, May 1865

1865-05

Anthony Trolloppe (sic)

1864-10

Sir John Herschel

1867-04

Daisy

1864-04

'Your Carry', 1867

1867-04

May - Study No 167

1870-10

Coffee percolator

1841

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Simple aquatic microscope, with box-foot stand

1795-1805

Gold amulet in the form of Duamutef, Egypt, 2000-100 BCE

2000-100 BCE

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination

3000-1500

Copy of a cippus showing Horus, Egypt, 1900-1933

1900-1933