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Sample of submarine telegraph cable, 1866

1866

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

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

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

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Sectional Model of a Beam Engine, 1866.

1866

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Alfred Tennyson

1866

The first Wheeler and Wilson sewing machine, 1866.

1866

Andre-Marie Ampere

1825; 1910

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

needle lubricator for shafting

1866

Engraved Copper Plate for Map Printing, 1866

1866

Bust on wooden base of Andrew Ross

1859; 1986

Transmitting

1866

The Foul Flake, night of July 17

1866

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

Calf's Head Weight

1370-1350 BCE; 1931

Plaster replica of black Basalt Cubit Rod 531

1931; 250 BCE

Book, A W Hofmann - The Chemical Laboratories in Course of Erection in the Universities of Bonn and Berlin

1866

Plaster replica of IBEX weight

1370-1350 BCE; 1931

Chairing Canning at Heart's Content

1866

Laying the line

1866

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

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

Demonstration ophthalmoscope presented by Dr. Ware

1886-1866

Haighton obstetrical forceps

1870-1850

Oesophageal forceps Durham's

1871-1830

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

1990-95

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

Reversible axe on adze, green stone blade, North Papua (Astrolabe Bay)

2000 BCE

Bronze prize medal awarded by Vienna Academy of Medicine and Surgery

1832-1850

Circular copper medal

1866