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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

Glass pharmacy storage bottle

1864

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Cast iron plaque from Queenstown Road Bridge, Battersea, London, 1865

1865

Novelty model

1955; 1830

London & North Western Railway steam locomotive 'Pet' 0-4-0ST

1865

One of four original Swan and Raven models

1867

One of four original Swan and Raven models used by Froude

1867

Wheatstone receiver (Morse inker), 1867

1867

Lord Kelvin's 'ironclad' marine galvanometer, 1865-1866

1865-1866

Atlantic cable specimen, 1865

1865

Sample of submarine telegraph cable, 1866

1866

newhaven harbour co bridge byelaws notice

1867

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Portrait Bust of Thomas Russell Crampton

1865

Domestic Sewing Machine for chain stitich

1868

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Sectional Model of a Beam Engine, 1866.

1866

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

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

1934

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Telegraph block instrument; Walker's

1865

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Tables of lifetimes, annuities, and premiums

1864

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

1705-1737

Sample of transatlantic cable, 1865-66

1865-1866

Pioneers of Electric Telegraphy at the British Association

1865

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

1870-1877

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

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

1990-95

Model of a Jacquard loom, with shuttle and components

1867

Copy of a bloodletting measuring device, England, 1977

1977; 1204-1206

The first Wheeler and Wilson sewing machine, 1866.

1866

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

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

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

2050-1750 BCE

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

Non-Smokers' appeal to the Great Northern Railway Company

1866

NER instructions to engine drivers

1867

Station electrometer by James White

1867

The opening ceremony of the Metropolitan & Provincial Working Classes exhibition at the Agricultural Hall, Islington

1866

Proposed benzene structures, late 19th century

1865

Dental forceps

1870-1830