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Model steam locomotive and model railway carriage

1909

Double surface of revolution of constant negative curvature

1910

Revolution of constant negative curvature

1910

model ship - dewsbury

1910

model double-sided discharge wagon

1910

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Track recorder

1910

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

National Cash Register co model 422X cash register

circa 1910

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Great Central Railway ship's bell, SS Dewsbury

1910

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

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Sectioned conjectural model of 'Rocket' steam locomotive

1909

Maxim's 'Pipe of Peace', 1909-1910

1909-1910

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Model of Great Central Railway "Atlantic" Express Locomotive

1903 (original); 1982 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Glass-stoppered bottle containing uranium

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

London & North Eastern Railway Gorton worksplate

1910

Doncaster Aviation Contest

1909

Bankruptcy notice served on William Friese-Greene in Brighton

1909

'Bachelor' griller made by the Cannon Iron Foundry

circa 1910

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

Oval copper plaque stamped with Latin cross

1909

Coloured lithograph on board. Diagrammatic working model of Daimler Knight sleeve-valve petrol engine

1910

Tattooing set consisting of fibre brush and wooden blade-handle

1970-1910

Ediswan weather-proof switch, cast case, 1910

1910

Post-nasal curette

1971-1900

Brass saccharometer by R.B. Bate

1915-1825

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

1990-95

Lampholder with copper gauze contacts for heater lamps

1910

Bank of four tubular fuses

1909

Pale pink viscose skein

1909-1910

White viscose skein; thick yarn. Labelled "COURTAULDS LIMITED ARROW MILL

1909-1910

Yellow viscose skein; thick yarn. Labelled "COURTAULDS LIMITED ARROW MILL

1909-1910

Old ivory viscose skein

1909-1910

Parsons' turbine blade examples

circa 1909

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

Tooth sponge, bone handle, 1865-1900

1965-1900

Bennett typewriter, c. 1910

1910

Bust on wooden base of Andrew Ross

1859; 1986