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Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Furness Railway steam locomotive 'Coppernob' 0-4-0, No 3, 1846

1846

Thames Tunnel opening commemorative medal, 1843

1843

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Peel, Williams & Peel steam engine

1846

Cooke's train signalling instrument of 1845, Norfolk Railway

1845

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Single needle telegraph, 1846

1846

Cooke and Wheatstone double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Cooke and Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Single-needle block instrument

1845

Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845

1845

Seal die, The Southampton & Dorchester Railway Company

1845

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Sewing machine by Elias Howe

circa 1846

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

1705-1737

seal die - Colchester, Stour valley, Sudbury and Halstead Railway

1846

Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, 1934

1934

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

1870-1877

Two lancets in a patterned silver case

1844

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Plaster model of the lunar surface

1844

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

model steam, crewe type locomotive

1846

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Jonathan Hull's 'A Description and Draught of a Newly-Invented Machine'

1850-1899

John Ericsson

1845

Reproduction of Joseph Priestley's oxygen apparatus

1774; 1923

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Gold amulet in the form of Duamutef, Egypt, 2000-100 BCE

2000-100 BCE

Walker's Railway Time Table, and Coach, Omnibus and Carriers' List

1883-01

Grand Junction Railway locomotive 'Columbine'

1845

E.T. Bellhouse Hydraulic Pump

1845

The New Great Western Timetable

1844

Working model of the double trunk steam engines, as used on HMS 'Minotaur (1867) and HMS 'Northumberland' (1868)

1845

Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill

1730; 1967

Lorina, Edith and Alice Liddel

1872-08

Silhouette of boy

1844-02-10

Six paper photographs by Robert Hunt

1844

All-Metal Camera Designed by Alexis Gaudin

circa 1845

Map of the Lancashire & Yorkshire North Eastern Railway shewing its connection with the exisiting and projected lines of the district

1846

Revised Classification of Merchandise Traffic and Revised Schedule of Maximum Rates and Charges Applicable thereto, proposed to be charged by the Eastern and Midlands Railway Company

1889-02