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Sewing machine by Elias Howe

circa 1846

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

1846

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Palmer's micrometer (replica)

circa 1848

Cooke's train signalling instrument of 1845, Norfolk Railway

1845

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845

1845

Single-needle block instrument

1845

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848

1848

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Stockton & Darlington Railway carriage

1847

Single needle telegraph, 1846

1846

Cooke and Wheatstone double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

Cooke and Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Peel, Williams & Peel steam engine

1846

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

1846

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

1934

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

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

1705-1737

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

Seal die, The Southampton & Dorchester Railway Company

1845

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

1870-1877

Two lancets in a patterned silver case

1844

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Plaster model of the lunar surface

1844

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

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

1990-95

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

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

2050-1750 BCE

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

Model of an Assyrian kelek or raft of inflated ox-hides, one of three models of Babylonian vessels of skin

700 BCE; 1931

Model of Mud House

6000-5000BCE

Model of a Phoenician bireme ship

1845-1964

Burial mask of Agamemnon, Greek, c. 1550 BCE

1600-1500 BCE (original); 1900-1914 (copy)

Flymo Super Professional 47 rotary air cushion mower

Flymo Super Professional 47 rotary air cushion mower

1979-80

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Etching: Neueste Reise Dampf-maschine No.1.1846. Wien bei Franz. Barth

1846