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Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

1889

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Scutcher, made by Platt Brothers & Co. Ltd

1889

The Demon Detective camera

1889

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

1889

Copper ore from the Bell Mine

before 1889

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

before 1889

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Great Western Railway splasher plate

1889

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

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

1889

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

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

1934

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

1705-1737

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Cupriferous sandstone from Schweinkopf

before 1889

Spark gap or knob coherer, 1889

1889

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

1889

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

Engineering plan for Tower Bridge showing Outline arrangements of steam engines

1889

Engineering plan for Tower Bridge showing Details of jointing and riveting of girders at site

1889

Two varieties of Pung Chung coal, China

before 1889

Small samples of iron ores from China

before 1889

Great Western Railway "Cornishman" Express Train, hauled by 4-4-2 No. 3046 "Lord of the Isles"

1899/12

Great Western Railway "Cornishman" Express Train, hauled by 4-4-2 No. 3046 "Lord of the Isles".

1899/12

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

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

Experiment on the alloying of iron with cobalt

before 1889

Early moving coil voltmeter

1889

"Vernier" potentiometer (Thomson-Varley slides)

1889

Wheatstone's bridge (Post Office Pattern)

1889

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Stone quarry on the Island of Portland - 1889. Unsigned watercolour

1889

Bust on wooden base of Andrew Ross

1859; 1986

Receipt with letter heading. Peter Rogers & Co

1889

Bronze handle, highly decorated, Romano-Egyptian

20-400

Shrouded blade

1889

Solid bronze phallic amulet in form of priapus with hind legs and tail of horse

30-200

Bronze probe(?), twisted stem, Romano-Egyptian

20-500

Olive ended probe, bronze, Romano-Egyptian

20-500