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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

Arsenical cobalt or skutterudite, from Skutterude, near Modum, Norway

before 1889

Copper ore from the Bell Mine

before 1889

Scutcher, made by Platt Brothers & Co. Ltd

1889

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Model ground signal, North London Railway

1888

Novelty model

1955; 1830

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

1889

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)

Cupriferous sandstone from Schweinkopf

before 1889

Cobalt ore from New Caledonia

before 1889

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

1934

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

Spark gap or knob coherer, 1889

1889

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

1705-1737

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

1889

Tank wagon, North Eastern Railway - Shell-Mex and BP Ltd

1889

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

1889

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Great Western Railway splasher plate

1889

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

Oil lamp for projecting work

1888

Leather pouch which originally held a medal issued by Edinburgh University

1889

Rigged model of the "Cutty Sark"

1900-1933 (model); 1869 (original)

Brown iron ore from Spain

before 1889

'Mitis' wrought-iron castings

1889

Glass tube filled with cotton wool, from Elswick Lead Works

before 1889

'Mitis' wrought-iron castings

1889

polarized iron ammeter

circa 1888

Case and parts for 12 x 15 inch Chapman 'British' plate camera

circa 1888

Natural graphite from Ceylon, for making " black-lead" crucibles

before 1889

Rectilinear Landscape Lens by J H Dallmeyer

1888

Permutation lock by Theodor Kromer, Freiburg

1888

Lampholder by Dorman and Smith, Manchester, 1888

1888

Ediswan lampholder, with ceramic insulation, 1888

1888

Medal commemorating the 4th session of the Congress of the Federation of the Archaeological and History Societies of Belgium

1888

Bronze prize medal awarded by Vienna Academy of Medicine and Surgery

1832-1850

Silvered alloy medal advertising a puppet exhibition in April 1889

1889

Holy medal

1889

Medal, bronze, commemorating Luigi Galvani

1888

Silver medal of the hospital of Santa Casa da Misericordia

1889

Silver medal

1889