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Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

'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)

Model of a Power Loom for Plain Weaving

1857

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Bullion box containing lead shot

1855

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

1990-95

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Caricature showing 'The State Doctor' during a cholera epidemic, Europe, c. 1854

circa 1854

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

Fowke's Bellows camera

1856

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

1580-1588; 1930

Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854

1854

South-East View of Sheffield

1855

Caricature showing a publican's dilemma during a cholera epidemic, Europe, c. 1854

circa 1854

William Thomson's marine mirror galvanometer, 1850-1900

1854

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Micrometer type mechanical comparator

1855

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

1857-1969, optical instrument makers (microscope), London, England

James Swift and Son Limited

1857 - 1969

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

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)

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

2000-1001 BCE

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Caricature of an undertaker hoping for cholera, Europe, c. 1854

circa 1854

Bright's bell telegraph, 1855

1855

Islay shipwreck components

1857

Telegraph block instrument; South Eastern Railway; Walker's patent No. 245

1855

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

1701-1800

'Thunder pump' magneto-electric device, 1856

1856

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

First Class: The Meeting

1855

Drawing of Singhi Dalan in Rajmahal, Jharkhand, India

1856-11

1856-1960s?, manufacturer of lifting equipment, pumps and engines, Birmingham, England

Tangyes Limited

1856

Burial mask of Agamemnon, Greek, c. 1550 BCE

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