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Swan electric lamp

1878-1879

Model of human eye

1870

Thompson's Revolver Camera

1862

Aveling and Porter steam traction engine

circa 1871

North Eastern Railway, locomotive 910

1875

Set of wheels from Blenkinsop Railway locomotive

1880

Edison's electric carbon filament lamp

1879

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

A steam hammer at work

1871

Great Northern Railway 4-2-2 locomotive Stirling Single

1870

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe

1854

seal die - Colne Valley and Halstead Railway

1856

Gold watch with tourbillon by Girard Perregaux

1879

Marey sphygmograph and case

1857-1870

John Ellis

1858

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Foetal monaural stethoscope

1875-1885

Obstetrical forceps

1870s

Small printing forme representing Linotype set matter

1886

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Enamel watch depicting the Virgin and Child

1880

Dagron microphotographic camera

circa 1860

Rectal speculum

1870-1890

Engraving: Watt's first experiment. Marcus Stone ARA pinxt; Herbert Bourne sculpt; published by Appleton & Co

1879

South-East View of Sheffield

1855

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

circa 1854

Penknife with three blades and a corkscrew, owned by William Marwood: executioner

1870-1880

James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

Remington 44 Revolver

1863-1865

Ramsbottom speed indicator

1860

Mantel clock, presented to T.W. Worsdell - Great Eastern Railway

circa 1885

Cast iron plaque from Queenstown Road Bridge, Battersea, London, 1865

1865

Model vertical cylinder fire engine

circa 1885

Commemorative spade used to turn the first sod of the River Lee Conservancy's new cutting through Horse Shoe Point

1878

Two copper and zinc chains, France, 1855-1870

1855-1870

Wood-working brace drill, with button-operated latch chuck, 1875-1885

circa 1880

Writing frame for the blind, Stockholm, Sweden, 1871

1871

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

circa 1854

Brass worksplate no 517, Manning Wardle & Co

1875

Brass worksplate no 917, Manning Wardle & Co

1884

Full size wooden model of Beloe's double rail and chair

1877

Novelty model

1955; 1830

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

1872

Marine thermometer by Negretti and Zambra

1890

Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph, 1858

1858

Stroh's type-printer for Wheatstone ABC communicator, 1870-1881

1870-1881

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

One of the First Rechargeable Batteries, about 1860

1860

Table chronometer in a gilt-metal and glazed case by Victor Kullburg

1870-1877