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Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845

1845

Cooke's train signalling instrument of 1845, Norfolk Railway

1845

Single-needle block instrument

1845

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Cooke and Wheatstone double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

Cooke and Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Plaster model of the lunar surface

1844

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

1705-1737

Two lancets in a patterned silver case

1844

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Seal die, The Southampton & Dorchester Railway Company

1845

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

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

1870-1877

Paper Photograph by Robert Hunt

1844

Medal commemorating H H de Chaufepie

1844

Andre-Marie Ampere

1825; 1910

Jump sector

1844

Peltier Type Electrometer, 1848

1845

Booklet containing nomogram

1845

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

Calf's Head Weight

1370-1350 BCE; 1931

Plaster replica of black Basalt Cubit Rod 531

1931; 250 BCE

Plaster replica of IBEX weight

1370-1350 BCE; 1931

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

1845

Black stone container or palette

2000-1000

Plaster model of tomb plaque

100 BCE-300 CE; 1890-1920

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

1972-3

Plano-convex brick, Ubaid, Iraq, c 2500 BC.

2500 BCE

Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promote general good health

1880-120

Wood tobacco pipe

1860-1820

Oesophageal forceps Durham's

1871-1830

Double-ended dental pelican

1851-1800

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

1990-95

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

The Shakespere Cliffe, and Tunnel

1844

Reversible axe on adze, green stone blade, North Papua (Astrolabe Bay)

2000 BCE