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Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

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

Novelty model

1955; 1830

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1934

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

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

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

1990-95

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

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

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

Whole rigged model of the clipper ship 'Stonehouse'

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

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

The Tissandier 'La France' airship, 1883.

1883

Photograph of the Great Nebula in Orion, 1883

1883

Copy of forceps made from an Egyptian sculpture, Kom-Ombos, Egypt, 1901-1936

1901-1936; 180 BCE

Model of Henry Cavendish's Torsion Balance Gravitational Apparatus, 1798

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

Kew pattern unifilar magnetometer

1883

Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination

3000-1500

Stone slab with seven holes for cosmetic ointments, Egypt, 1991-1786 BCE

1991-1786 BCE

Twelve German jetons, 16th century.

1501-1600; 1978

Simple aquatic microscope, with box-foot stand

1795-1805

One pair of screw wheels in gear

circa 1883

One of eleven photographs

1883

One of eleven photographs

1883

Copy of a cippus showing Horus, Egypt, 1900-1933

1900-1933

Model, of the ketch rigged 'Celt', a Yarmouth Smack fishing drifter

1883

Pair of straight cut involute bevel gears in mesh.

circa 1883

Sellers size 1 1/2" self -aligning swivel bearing.

circa 1883

Broken fragment of terracotta possibly lamp

30-300

Pale brown/cream observation of the Sun, 16 December 1883

1883

Pale brown/cream observation of the Sun, 18 November 1883

1883

Copy of a bloodletting measuring device, England, 1977

1977; 1204-1206

Plano-convex brick, Ubaid, Iraq, c 2500 BC.

2500 BCE

Lever watch in pair case with crank roller

1800-1830

Lever watch in case

1800-1830

Copy of Lorinser's "Botanishes Excurionsbuch..."

1883

Samples illustrative of the elimination of arsenic from copper

1883

Small Stone Age

8500-2000 BCE

Flint hand tool, side-scraper, made in the Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE

Flint hand tool, side-scraper, made in the Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE

Flint hand tool

8500-2000 BCE

Flint hand tool, core-type, Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE