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Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Dagron microphotographic camera

circa 1860

Ramsbottom speed indicator

1860

James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Novelty model

1955; 1830

One of the First Rechargeable Batteries, about 1860

1860

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Child's ceramic alphabet bowl, North Staffordshire Railway

1860

earthenware commemorative plate displaying the company seal of the Hull & Hornsea Railway

1860

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Paddlewheel used by James Joule

c1860

Larmuth Loom

circa 1860

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

1934

Map of England and Wales jigsaw puzzle

circa 1860

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

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

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, English civil engineer, mid-19th century.

1860

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Sample of Bessemer Steel

1860

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Enfield Carbine Rifle

circa 1860

Petzval Portrait Type Lens

1860

Petzval Portrait Lens

circa 1860

Bronze medal

1860

Andre-Marie Ampere

1825; 1910

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Bust on wooden base of Andrew Ross

1859; 1986

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

Charles Babbage

1860

Poncelet's Water Wheel, 1824

1824 (original); 1891 (model)

Wheatstone's magneto electric machine, 1860

1860

Calf's Head Weight

1370-1350 BCE; 1931

Plaster replica of black Basalt Cubit Rod 531

1931; 250 BCE

Plaster replica of IBEX weight

1370-1350 BCE; 1931

Black stone container or palette

2000-1000

Plaster model of tomb plaque

100 BCE-300 CE; 1890-1920

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

1972-3

"Serpentine" (coiled condenser) Royal Berlin Porcelain used by H.E. St. Claire Deville

circa 1860

Plano-convex brick, Ubaid, Iraq, c 2500 BC.

2500 BCE

Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promote general good health

1880-120