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Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Great Western Railway model of 'Iron Duke', 1851

1851

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Marble statue of George Stephenson, 1852

1852

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

1851

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Wax portrait of Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy (1780 – 1854)

1851

Wax portrait of George Atkins (1766 – 1855) by Richard Cockle Lucas

1852

Bridge link

1852

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

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

1934

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

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

1705-1737

Watch made for the 1851 Great Exhibition by Alexander Watkins

1851

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1870-1877

Sample of 1851 Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

1851

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

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

1990-95

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

Drawing of Singhi Dalan in Rajmahal, Jharkhand, India

1856-11

Moon: West of Tycho

1851

Portrait lithograph print of George Dollond, 1851

1851

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Model of a Montgolfier Balloon, 1783

First Public Demonstration of a Montgolfier Balloon, 4th June, 1783.

1783; 1914

Bronze medal

1851

Bronze medal

1852

Circular bronze medal

1852

Bronze medal to commemorate L.J. Seutin

1852

Bronze medal by van der Keller commemorating C.G.C. Reinwardt's 50th anniversary as professor at Leyden University

1851

The Opera Boxes During the Time of The Great Exhibition

1851

London in 1851

1851

Stereoscopic photographs and designs in box

1852

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Belgique Industrielle: Fabriques de Produits chimiques, cristaux et gobeletteries

1852

Engraving: hand coloured; High Street

1851

Overpopulation

1851

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

Receipt with letter heading. Alexander Adie & Son

1852

Earthenware jug

2000-1350

Earthenware oil jar

2000-1350