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Difference Engine No. 1

circa 1832

Schwann's microscope (no case)

1835

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

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

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)

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)

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

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

Two lira coin of Charles Albert (King of Sardinia)

1833

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Revolving mirror and gear-box drive used by Wheatstone

1834

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Gould microscope by Spear, Dublin, 1830-1840

1833

Engraving, Dolcoath copper mine Cornwall

1831

Coloured lithograph. Aeriel voyagers

1835