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

1876

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Robert Dudgeon’s sphygmograph

1876

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

1934

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

1876

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)

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill

1730; 1967

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

Brass saccharometer by R.B. Bate

1915-1825

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

1990-95

Uterine probe

1901-950

Lever watch in pair case with crank roller

1800-1830

Cylinder watch in case with thin horizontal movement

1801-1850

Lever watch in case

1800-1830

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

Bichromate battery, 1876

1876

Bust on wooden base of Andrew Ross

1859; 1986

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

James Prescott Joule

1876

Thomas Henry Huxley

1876

Electro-magnet wound with copper strip

1876

Coil for Wiedemann's galvanometer

1876

Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination

3000-1500

Bell Telephone Receiver (c.1876)

1876

copy of a gold cup.

3000-2000 BCE

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

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

2000 BCE

Enamelled metal medal in form of cross

1876

Bronze prize medal awarded by Vienna Academy of Medicine and Surgery

1832-1850

Bronze medal

1876

Silver and enamelled medal in form of Geneva cross surmounted by crown and silk ribbon

1876

Bronze medal awarded to Mr. Barbin Fleury

1876

Circular bronze medal

1876

Medal, Roman cross

1876

Copper medal presented to Ed. van den Broeck

1876

Dmitri Mendeleev

1876