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Replica of Bell's 1876 'iron-box' receiver, 1959

1876

Bell telephone, mahogany case, 1878

1878

model sykes lock and block signalling system

1875

Full size wooden model of Beloe's double rail and chair

1877

Commemorative spade used to turn the first sod of the River Lee Conservancy's new cutting through Horse Shoe Point

1878

North Eastern Railway, locomotive 910

1875

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Catgut suture

1875

Brass worksplate no 517, Manning Wardle & Co

1875

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Robert Dudgeon’s sphygmograph

1876

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Wrap reel/Hank winder

1877

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

1705-1737

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

Edison carbon button transmitter No. 32, 1878

1878

Bell Transmitter with Membrane Diaphragm, 1875-1877

1875-1877

Pair of Bell telephones, 1878

1878

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)

NER 0-6-0 '1001' class steam locomotive and tender, No 1275, 1874

1874

Lithograph of Daniel Spills Ivorideworks by Daniel Greenaway, 1875

1875

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Bronze ticket medal for admission and commemoration of the exposition et congres d' Hygiene et de Sauvetage

1876

Panorama de Paris

1878

Model (scale 1:4) of pair of "Janney" couplings; model (scale 1:8) old pattern couplings

1873

Set of six test tubes with stand, used by Joseph Lister

1875-1878

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

1934

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Steam locomotive, 'Bauxite'

1874

London & North Western Railway 'Hardwicke'

1873

Rulebook for the Thetford & Watton Railway Company

1876

Petition, Staff of South Eastern Railway Company requesting permission to grow moustaches

1877

Lathe bed and harmonic turnings

circa 1875

Standard set of gunmetal Apothecary's Reference Measures with box

1878

Set of 8 glass avoirdupois weights from 7lbs to 1oz, the larger adjusted with lead shot, in case

circa 1876

Thetford and Watton Railway notice

1878

Midland Railway Single Express Locomotive No 116.

1898-01

Great Central Railway Express Locomotive No 258

1899/11

Great Central Railway Express Locomotive No 258

1899/11

Haemacytometer, Paris, France, 1874

1874

Photograph of William Friese-Greene and family

circa 1875 (original)

Pocket surgical instrument case in rolled leather case

1875-1877

Case of surgical instruments by Lynth and Thornton

1873

Reproduction of Joseph Priestley's oxygen apparatus

1774; 1923