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Place of origin
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Date

Sample of submarine telegraph cable, 1866

1866

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

Sectional Model of a Beam Engine, 1866.

1866

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)

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

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

1934

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

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

Skull elevator for cranial surgery by Stodart of London

1878-1839

Oesophageal forceps Durham's

1871-1830

Model of an Egyptian boat in XII Dynasty Tomb

1991-1783 BCE

Sample of steel, manufactured by R. Mushet, 1866

1866

Bronze prize medal awarded by Vienna Academy of Medicine and Surgery

1832-1850

Circular copper medal

1866

White metal medal

1866

Engraved prize medal

1866

Alabaster kohl pot

2000-1350

Secchi heliopyrometer by L. Casella,1866

1866

Walker's Railway Time Table, and Coach, Omnibus and Carriers' List

1883-01

Whole rigged model of the clipper ship 'Stonehouse'

1866 (original) 1871 (model); 1906 (rigging modified)

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

Engraved Copper Plate for Map Printing, 1866

1866

Shell used as Ink and Paint Well, Egypt, 3000 BCE

3000 BCE

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

1990-95

'The Neapolitan', 1866

1866

Reproduction of Joseph Priestley's oxygen apparatus

1774; 1923

Alfred Tennyson

1866

Acting Grandmama', 1866

1866

The Dialogue

1866

Sir John Herschel

1867-04

'Your Carry', 1867

1867-04

2nd Version The Dialogue', 1866

1866

Laying the line

1866

Chairing Canning at Heart's Content

1866

Transmitting

1866

The Foul Flake, night of July 17

1866