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Sewing machine by Elias Howe

circa 1846

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

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

1846

Plaster model of the lunar surface

1844

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Cooke and Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Single needle telegraph, 1846

1846

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845

1845

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

1990-95

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Thames Tunnel opening commemorative medal, 1843

1843

model steam, crewe type locomotive

1846

1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845

Grand Junction Railway locomotive 'Columbine'

1845

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

1934

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

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

1705-1737

1843-1910, microbiologist and Nobel prize winner, German

Koch, Robert

1843 - 1910

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

1580-1588; 1930

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1870-1877

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

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

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

2050-1750 BCE

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Cooke and Wheatstone double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

1844-1968, tobacco manufacturer, Spitalfields, London, England

Godfrey Phillips Limited

1844 - 1968

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

Model of Henry Cavendish's Torsion Balance Gravitational Apparatus, 1798

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

Cayley's 'Aerial Carriage', 1843.

1843

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

2000-1001 BCE

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Cooke's train signalling instrument of 1845, Norfolk Railway

1845

Glass display case containing various cosmetic devices from the 1700s, England, 1880-1930

1701-1800

1846-, iron founder, West Bromwich, England

Joseph and Jesse Siddons

1846

1844-1918, inventor, artist, France

Reynaud, Charles-Emile

1844 - 1918

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

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

Model of Mud House

6000-5000BCE

Working model of Hero's Aeolipile

100-1 BCE; 1501-1600; 1914

active 1846-current (2005), printers, Merseyside, England

McCorquodale and Company Limited

1846

Drawing of Singhi Dalan in Rajmahal, Jharkhand, India

1856-11