Sewing machine by Elias Howe
circa 1846
Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera
1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)
Furness Railway steam locomotive 'Coppernob' 0-4-0, No 3, 1846
1846
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
Novelty model
1955; 1830
Peel, Williams & Peel steam engine
1846
Stockton & Darlington Railway carriage
1847
Cooke's train signalling instrument of 1845, Norfolk Railway
1845
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
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
Single needle telegraph, 1846
1846
Seal die, The Southampton & Dorchester Railway Company
1845
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century
1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
seal die - Colchester, Stour valley, Sudbury and Halstead Railway
1846
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)
model steam, crewe type locomotive
1846
Plaster model of the lunar surface
1844
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
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)
Cheffins's Map of the Railways in England and Scotland
1845
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
Votive plaque with right ear in relief
400 BCE-100 CE; 1900-1936
Inscribed votive plaque with pair of arms in relief
100 BCE-100 CE; 1900-1936
Earthenware jug
2000-1350
Inscribed votive plaque with breast in relief
100 BCE-100 CE; 1900-1936
Graphic eyepiece
1845
Replica of Roman steelyard, from Pompeii, 79 AD
1-79 CE; before 1914
Earthenware oil jar
2000-1350