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Difference Engine No. 1

circa 1832

Schwann's microscope (no case)

1835

Chinese celestial clockwork globe

1830

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Deck watch by Breguet et Fils

1830

Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway, composite 1st & 2nd class railway carriage

1834

Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway 2nd Class railway carriage, 1834

1834

Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway 3rd Class open railway carriage, 1834

1834

Swannington Incline Winding Engine, Leicester & Swannington Railway, 1832

1832

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Slotting machine

1835

Entrance into Manchester across Water Street

1831

Silver lancet case, empty

1833

Set of sixty miniature heads used in phrenology

1831

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Ice-skate of about 1830, wood with metal runner

1830

Huskisson Memorial

1831

Winding Engine, Stanhope & Tyne Railway

1833

'Royal Address of Cadwallader ap-Tudor ap-Edwards ap-Vaughan, Water-King of Southwark', print, London, England, 1832

1832

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Octant made of ebony and brass

1830-1835

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

1705-1737

Insulators used for Morse's telegraph, 1835

1835

Type used for original Morse telegraph, 1835

1835

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

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

1870-1877

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Jug showing the entrance to the Liverpool & Manchester Railway

1830

Silver snuff box, United Kingdom, presented in 1832

1832

Moorish Arch, looking from the Tunnel

1831

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

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

1990-95

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

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

2050-1750 BCE

Chinese celestial globe, 1830

1830

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

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 Mud House

6000-5000BCE

Model of a Phoenician bireme ship

1845-1964

Burial mask of Agamemnon, Greek, c. 1550 BCE

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

Flymo Super Professional 47 rotary air cushion mower

Flymo Super Professional 47 rotary air cushion mower

1979-80

Thirty Oboli coin of the Ionian Islands

1834

Coin of Charles Felix (King of Sardinia)

1830

Two lira coin of Charles Albert (King of Sardinia)

1833