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

1871

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

1872

Swan electric lamp

1878-1879

Edison telephone, 1879

1879

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

1872

One of the First Rechargeable Batteries, about 1860

1860

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

Skaife's Pistolgraph Camera

1858

Edison's electric carbon filament lamp

1879

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

A steam hammer at work

1871

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Great Northern Railway 4-2-2 locomotive Stirling Single

1870

Gold watch with tourbillon by Girard Perregaux

1879

John Ellis

1858

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Model steam locomotive

1882

London & South Western Railway Shark 2-4-0

circa 1868

Obstetrical forceps

1870s

model sykes lock and block signalling system

1875

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Enamel watch depicting the Virgin and Child

1880

Dagron microphotographic camera

circa 1860

Operative Society of Bricklayers

1866-1870

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

1879

Columnar Engine, 1862

1862

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

Wolferton station master hand lamp

1870-1880

Model of Grew's locomotive for ice

circa 1861

Ramsbottom speed indicator

1860

Fairlie steam locomotive model

1879

Wivenhoe & Brightlingsea Railway

1861

Silver model of the Eleanor Cross at Charing Cross Station

1867-1868

seal die - Bishop Stortford, Dunmow and Braintree railway

1861

Signal Block Bell, South Eastern Railway

1862

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

1865

Brass worksplate no 517, Manning Wardle & Co

1875

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

1877

Novelty model

1955; 1830

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

1878

Drawing, design for a mirror back / unsigned

1870-1875

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

circa 1880

Writing frame for the blind, Stockholm, Sweden, 1871

1871

Lid for Self Cleansing carbon filter

circa 1861