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Schwann's microscope (no case)

1835

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Seal die, Great North of England, Clarence & Hartlepool Junction Railway

1837

Bishop Auckland & Weardale Railway seal die

1837

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Specimen of First Telegraph Line, 1837

1837

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

Cooke and Wheatstone five-needle telegraph

1837

Machine used for covering wires with silk and cotton, 1837

1837

Charles Green Aeronaut

1836

model passenger locomotive 1837

1837

London & Birmingham Railway clock

1837

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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)

Cooke and Wheatstone 5-needle telegraph, 1837

1837

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

1870-1877

Section of first telegraph cable, 1837

1837

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

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

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

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

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Five cent coin of the United States of America

1836

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Coloured lithograph. Aeriel voyagers

1835

Watercolour, "View of the glass works of T.W. Dyott at Kensington on the Delaware nr. Philadelphia

1836

View of Montpellier Spa, Rotunda & C..

1837

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

Watercolour: The coal-mine wharf near the Moira Baths

1837

Engraved headpiece of a Sun Fire Insurance Certificate

1835

Etching: Operating lantern slide equipment

1836