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Thompson's Revolver Camera

1862

Novelty model

1955; 1830

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

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Glass pharmacy storage bottle

1864

Columnar Engine, 1862

1862

Signal Block Bell, South Eastern Railway

1862

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Distinguished Men of Science

1862

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)

Tables of lifetimes, annuities, and premiums

1864

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

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

1934

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Writing machine for blind people, United Kingdom, 1862

1862

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Bronze medal by I.D. Boehm

1863

Bronze medal

1863

Silk woven picture by S Lotz of a royal coat of arms

1862

Andre-Marie Ampere

1825; 1910

medal, copper, commemorating the inauguration of the medicinal waters of the River Lys

1863

McCallam's patent distance indicator, 1864

1864

Wheeler and Wilson lock stitch treadle powered button hole sewing machine head

1862

Domestic lock stitch sewing machine made by the Florence Sewing Machine Company

1864

Russian Imperial standard, "Vedro"

1862

Russian Imperial standard, "Chtof"

1862

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Russian Imperial standard, "Croncka"

1862

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

James White

1864

Thomas Shylands

1864

W C Williamson

1863

David Moore

1862

Dr. R K Greville

1863

William Archer

1863

D Arledge

1863

Rotating coil for the absolute measurement of resistance

1863

Brass component from Cornish Pumping Engine

1862

Electrical whirl

1862