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Babbage's Analytical Engine, 1834-1871. (Trial model)

1871

Thompson's Revolver Camera

1862

One of the First Rechargeable Batteries, about 1860

1860

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Great Northern Railway 4-2-2 locomotive Stirling Single

1870

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

1872

Model of human eye

1870

North Eastern Railway locomotive Aerolite

1869

Skaife's Pistolgraph Camera

1858

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

'Over London-by Rail', Engraving, London, England, 1872

1872

Wivenhoe & Brightlingsea Railway

1861

seal die - Bishop Stortford, Dunmow and Braintree railway

1861

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Early binaural stethoscope

1861-1866

Marey sphygmograph and case

1857-1870

John Ellis

1858

Dagron microphotographic camera

circa 1860

London & South Western Railway Shark 2-4-0

circa 1868

Model of Grew's locomotive for ice

circa 1861

Ramsbottom speed indicator

1860

One of four original Swan and Raven models

1867

One of four original Swan and Raven models used by Froude

1867

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

1858

Lord Kelvin's 'ironclad' marine galvanometer, 1865-1866

1865-1866

Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph, 1858

1858

Signal Block Bell, South Eastern Railway

1862

Stirling single locomotive wheel casting pattern, Great Northern Railway

1870

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

1865

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858

1858

Atlantic cable specimen, 1865

1865

Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858

1858-03-02

Sample of submarine telegraph cable, 1866

1866

Sample of the first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

London & North Western Railway steam locomotive 'Pet' 0-4-0ST

1865

England and her Soldiers

1859

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Silver model of the Eleanor Cross at Charing Cross Station

1867-1868

Longcase clock, Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works

1857

Lid for Self Cleansing carbon filter

circa 1861

Wheatstone receiver (Morse inker), 1867

1867

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

Glass pharmacy storage bottle

1864

Obstetrical forceps

1870s