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'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Reproduction in wood, Dr Joseph Black

1809

Five wooden molecular model balls

circa 1810

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Chemical Lectures

circa 1810

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Silver vinaigrette with hinged lid

1809

Plaster cast of Matthew Boulton

1809

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

1705-1737

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1990-95

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

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

Model Boat from Cyclades, 2800 BC

2800 BCE

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

2050-1750 BCE

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

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Diapositives of photographs of sunspots taken by Elizabeth Beckley with the Kew Photoheliograph

1870-09

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

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

2000-1001 BCE

Model of a Phoenician bireme ship

1845-1964

Model of an Assyrian kelek or raft of inflated ox-hides, one of three models of Babylonian vessels of skin

700 BCE; 1931

Fowler, William Henry

1807 - 1904

Silhouette of child

circa 1810

Silhouette of man

circa 1810

Revised Classification of Merchandise Traffic and Revised Schedule of Maximum Rates and Charges Applicable thereto, proposed to be charged by the Eastern and Midlands Railway Company

1889-02

Reproduction of Joseph Priestley's oxygen apparatus

1774; 1923

Walker's Railway Time Table, and Coach, Omnibus and Carriers' List

1883-01

Two keyed bugles used on London to York Royal mail coach

1809-1810

Lorina, Edith and Alice Liddel

1872-08

Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promote general good health

1880-120

Clay tobacco pipe

1860-1715

Silver and gold pap boat

1809

Silver pap boat

1811

Double-ended dental pelican

1851-1800

Silver pap boat

1809

Silver pap boat

1810

Nipple shield

1811

Nipple shield

1811

Pap boat

1809

Snuff spoon

1810

Circular wooden snuff box

1810

Verge repeating watch

1713-1750