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Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

seal die - Colne Valley and Halstead Railway

1856

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Novelty model

1955; 1830

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Bright's bell telegraph, 1855

1855

Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856

1856

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Bridge plaque - 1855

1855

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Bullion box containing lead shot

1855

Royal footwarmer, Great Western Railway

1856

Locomotive Memoranda, Engines

1856

Telegraph block instrument; South Eastern Railway; Walker's patent No. 245

1855

Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, 1934

1934

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

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

1705-1737

'Thunder pump' magneto-electric device, 1856

1856

Bronze bust of William Stuart

1855

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

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

1870-1877

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

1990-95

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Drawing of Singhi Dalan in Rajmahal, Jharkhand, India

1856-11

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

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

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

Watercolour of a lane scene at Mor near Barh, India

1856-02-06

Portrait of Constance Garstin in Darjeeling, India

1861-08

Copy of forceps made from an Egyptian sculpture, Kom-Ombos, Egypt, 1901-1936

1901-1936; 180 BCE

Casts of Chinese zodiac figures (Tang dynasty)

1871-1900 (copy); 618-907 CE (original)

Casts of Chinese zodiac figures (Tang dynasty)

1871-1900 (copy); 618-907 CE (original)

Casts of Chinese zodiac figures (Tang dynasty)

1871-1900 (copy); 618-907 CE (original)

Wood tobacco pipe

1860-1820

Varley's lightning protector, 1856

1856

Part of Electromagnet

1855

Part of Electromagnet

1855

Model of Henry Cavendish's Torsion Balance Gravitational Apparatus, 1798

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

Marine barometer by Ernst

1855

Everest theodolite

circa 1855

Balfour-Stewart experimental mercury thermometer

1856

Portrait of Tiarmarree, Mr Gilbert Hickey’s Khansamah Madrasee

1856-12-28

Horizontal sundial, inscribed: 'LIFE A SHAD-W A.D. 1856'

1856

Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination

3000-1500

Part of Electromagnet

1855

verification hole punch

1855

Stone slab with seven holes for cosmetic ointments, Egypt, 1991-1786 BCE

1991-1786 BCE