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Coherer with coarse brass turnings, 1894

1894

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Brake van, London & South Western Railway

1894

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)

Zither switch with open-wire multiple and two-motion ratchet drive, 1894

1894

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

1934

Iron borings coherer (Branly type), 1894

1894

Iron borings coherer (Branly type), 1894

1894

Presentation scissors, SS Vienna

1894

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

1705-1737

Flat steel-spring (or watch-spring) coherer, 1894

1894

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Glass-stoppered bottle containing uranium

1801-1892 (prepared); 1946 (element replaced)

Single-cylinder Oil Engine

1894

Rigged model of the "Cutty Sark"

1900-1933 (model); 1869 (original)

Concave Rowland diffraction grating on speculum metal

1894

Bronze prize medal awarded by Vienna Academy of Medicine and Surgery

1832-1850

Circular silver medal

1894

Rectangular, bronze medal

1894

Medal, rectangular tablet dedicated to Herman Ludw

1894

Silver medal to commemorate death of Billroth

1894

Prize medal

1894

Portrait medal of W.T. Gairdner

1894

Alabaster kohl pot

2000-1350

Whole rigged model of the clipper ship 'Stonehouse'

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

Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements

1972-3

Laboratory rack with 9 test tubes and reagent bottles

circa 1890; c1900

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

Fay Sholes typewriter

circa 1894

Baudot Distributor for Printing Telegraph

1894

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

1990-95

John Weiss & Son

1894

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Simple aquatic microscope, with box-foot stand

1795-1805

Bust on wooden base of Andrew Ross

1859; 1986

Admission ticket. Opening of the Tower Bridge

1894

Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination

3000-1500

Small black slate palette with short handle and base carved in form of flat fish

3500-1000

Bailey Air Engine, 1894

1894

Model of a British Industrial Landscape, c. 1865

1860-1865; 1979