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Prototype of the Brougham carriage

1838

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

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

1705-1737

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

1837

Bishop Auckland & Weardale Railway seal die

1837

London & Birmingham Railway clock

1837

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Slotting machine

1835

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Cooke and Wheatstone's four needle telegraph, 1838

1838

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Machine used for covering wires with silk and cotton, 1837

1837

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Schwann's microscope (no case)

1835

Charles Green Aeronaut

1836

Specimen of First Telegraph Line, 1837

1837

London & Birmingham Railway Guard's Clock, 1837-1839

1838

Model of Grand Junction Railway locomotive "Wildfire", 1839

1839

model passenger locomotive 1837

1837

Cooke and Wheatstone five-needle telegraph

1837

Lithograph: 'Tring Cutting. June 17th 1837'

1839

Euston Station gates

1838

Section of laminated timber bridge from Newcastle & North shields Railway, 1839

1839

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Brass station bell, Manchester & Leeds Railway

1839

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Cooke and Wheatstone 5-needle telegraph, 1837

1837

Type used for original Morse telegraph, 1835

1835

Section of first telegraph cable, 1837

1837

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Model railway carriage, Manchester & Leeds Railway

1839

Model Manchester & Leeds Railway carriage

1839

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

1870-1877

Insulators used for Morse's telegraph, 1835

1835

Cooke and Wheatstone’s double-needle telegraph, 1838

1838

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

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

2050-1750 BCE

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

1990-95

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

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

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

1580-1588; 1930

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

2000-1001 BCE

Copy of a cippus showing Horus, Egypt, 1900-1933

1900-1933

Model of H.M. Brigantine 'Dolphin'

1950-1977 (model); 1836 (original)

Model of submersible 'Turtle'

1976; 1776