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Rocket locomotive

1829

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Deck watch by Breguet et Fils

1830

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Novelty model

1955; 1830

model steam locomotive

1826

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Copy of Thimonnier's chain-stitch sewing machine, 1830

1830

Shutt End Colliery Railway steam locomotive 'Agenoria'

1829

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Portrait bust of Princess Victoria

1829

model Stockton & Darlington Railway coach "Experiment"

1826

Chinese celestial clockwork globe

1830

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Bench vice belonging to George Stephenson

1829

Jug showing the entrance to the Liverpool & Manchester Railway

1830

Liverpool & Manchester Railway Co. seal die

1826

Sans Pareil

1829

Clockwork drive, for refracting telescope of 5.9-inch aperture

1829

Engraved lancet case

1826

Lancets in silver case

1826

Refracting telescope of 5.9-inch aperture, mounted on English type equatorial mounting with off-set lead counterweight

1829

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

1705-1737

Oersted Compass Needle, 1828

1828

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Copy of the Receiver and Alarm Call of Schilling's Electric Telegraph, 1870-1877

1870-1877

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

1990-95

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Drawing of Singhi Dalan in Rajmahal, Jharkhand, India

1856-11

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

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

First Steam Fire Engine Constructed in England AD 1830

1830

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Achromatic Microscope made for J J Lister

1826

Model of a Phoenician bireme ship

1845-1964

Print, Personifications: scenes showing people constructed of artefacts embodying their character

1830

1827-1912, surgeon; physician; developer of a system of antiseptic surgery, English; British

Lister, Joseph

1827 - 1912

Portrait of Constance Garstin in Darjeeling, India

1861-08

Bronze medal to commemorate B.C. Pacca

1830

Copy of forceps made from an Egyptian sculpture, Kom-Ombos, Egypt, 1901-1936

1901-1936; 180 BCE

Casts of Chinese zodiac figures (Tang dynasty)

1871-1900 (copy); 618-907 CE (original)

Casts of Chinese zodiac figures (Tang dynasty)

1871-1900 (copy); 618-907 CE (original)

Casts of Chinese zodiac figures (Tang dynasty)

1871-1900 (copy); 618-907 CE (original)

Wood tobacco pipe

1860-1820

Silver ear trumpet hearing aid

1829

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

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

Sextant-heliotype, as invented by C.F. Gauss

1827

Heliograph by Cary, c.1830

1830

Brass adjustment component

1827

Brass adjustment component

1827