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Rocket locomotive

1829

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Sans Pareil

1829

Shutt End Colliery Railway steam locomotive 'Agenoria'

1829

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

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

1830

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

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

1990-95

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

1705-1737

active 1829-1928, surgical instrument maker, London, England, British

Arnold and Sons

1829 - 1928

Phenakistoscope disc with handle

circa 1830s

1829-1901, physiologist, German

Fick, Adolf Eugen

1829 - 1901

Electrotype replica of a 16th-century mariner’s astrolabe

1580-1588; 1930

Ice-skate of about 1830, wood with metal runner

1830

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1870-1877

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

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

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

2050-1750 BCE

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

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

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

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

2000-1001 BCE

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Glass display case containing various cosmetic devices from the 1700s, England, 1880-1930

1701-1800

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

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

Chinese celestial globe, 1830

1830

Model of Mud House

6000-5000BCE

Working model of Hero's Aeolipile

100-1 BCE; 1501-1600; 1914

Reconstruction of Novelty Locomotive

1829

Drawing of Singhi Dalan in Rajmahal, Jharkhand, India

1856-11

Burial mask of Agamemnon, Greek, c. 1550 BCE

1600-1500 BCE (original); 1900-1914 (copy)

Map of the Inland Navigation

1830

Replica Bavarian reckoning cloth, German, 16th century.

1501-1600; 1972

Model of submersible 'Turtle'

1976; 1776

Model of an Egyptian boat in XII Dynasty Tomb

1991-1783 BCE

Bench vice belonging to George Stephenson

1829

The March of Intellect. Lord how this world improves as we grow older

1829

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

700 BCE; 1931

Model of a Montgolfier Balloon, 1783

First Public Demonstration of a Montgolfier Balloon, 4th June, 1783.

1783; 1914

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

Silver ear trumpet hearing aid

1829

Medal, commemorating Samuel Hahnemann, Germany, 1829

1829

Watt's Pumping Engine 'Old Bess', 1777

1777 (original); 1894 (model)