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'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Thames Tunnel opening commemorative medal, 1843

1843

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Cooke and Wheatstone double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

Cooke and Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Cooke's train signalling instrument of 1845, Norfolk Railway

1845

Single-needle block instrument

1845

Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845

1845

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Plaster model of the lunar surface

1844

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

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

1705-1737

Two lancets in a patterned silver case

1844

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

1870-1877

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Seal die, The Southampton & Dorchester Railway Company

1845

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

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

1990-95

Model of a Montgolfier Balloon, 1783

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

1783; 1914

Copper prize medal

1844

Copper medal

1843

Medal commemorating J H de Chaufepie

1844

Bronze medal commemorating C.H. Pfaff

1843

Jump sector

1844

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Light French spectacles with oval lenses and hook side-arms

1845

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

Inspector's stamp with 'K' above '4', used in Kesteven, Lincolnshire

1844

Ross's monocular microscope

1843

Solid bronze phallic amulet in form of priapus with hind legs and tail of horse

30-200

Alabaster mortar

2000-1350

Bronze probe(?), twisted stem, Romano-Egyptian

20-500

Olive ended probe, bronze, Romano-Egyptian

20-500

Advertisement by GWR for the exhibition of the Galvanic and Electromagnetic Telegraphs

1845

Black stone container or palette

2000-1000

Small black slate palette with short handle and base carved in form of flat fish

3500-1000

Plaster model of tomb plaque

100 BCE-300 CE; 1890-1920

Alabaster mortar

2000-1350

Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements

1972-3