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Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Decorated keystone from South Stockton arch, Thornaby station

1842

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Station bell, Manchester & Leeds Railway

1842

Whitworth Planing Machine

circa 1842

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

1705-1737

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)

Wooden gable, Brandling Junction Railway

1842

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)

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

1870-1877

Wheatstone ABC telegraph receiver, 1942

1842

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

Solar microscope with rack barrel objective

1890-1810

Wood tobacco pipe

1860-1820

Silver lancet case, empty

1842

Skull elevator for cranial surgery by Stodart of London

1878-1839

Oesophageal forceps Durham's

1871-1830

Clay tobacco pipe

1860-1715

Model of an Egyptian boat in XII Dynasty Tomb

1991-1783 BCE

Cast, clay of medal of a John Henning

1842

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

Reproduction of Joseph Priestley's oxygen apparatus

1774; 1923

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

Abraham & Dancer

1842

Andre-Marie Ampere

1825; 1910

May - Study No 167

1870-10

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Simple aquatic microscope, with box-foot stand

1795-1805

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923