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Thompson's Revolver Camera

1862

One of the First Rechargeable Batteries, about 1860

1860

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

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Sample of Bessemer Steel

1860

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Ramsbottom speed indicator

1860

Novelty model

1955; 1830

James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

Columnar Engine, 1862

1862

Dagron microphotographic camera

circa 1860

Lid for Self Cleansing carbon filter

circa 1861

Wivenhoe & Brightlingsea Railway

1861

seal die - Bishop Stortford, Dunmow and Braintree railway

1861

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Signal Block Bell, South Eastern Railway

1862

Model of Grew's locomotive for ice

circa 1861

Distinguished Men of Science

1862

Child's ceramic alphabet bowl, North Staffordshire Railway

1860

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Paddlewheel used by James Joule

c1860

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

earthenware commemorative plate displaying the company seal of the Hull & Hornsea Railway

1860

Map of England and Wales jigsaw puzzle

circa 1860

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Larmuth Loom

circa 1860

Writing machine for blind people, United Kingdom, 1862

1862

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, English civil engineer, mid-19th century.

1860

Enfield Carbine Rifle

circa 1860

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

1934

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

1870-1877

Improved Patent Magneto Electric Machine for nervous diseases

1862

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

2050-1750 BCE

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

1990-95

Replica of Lightning Conductor by Benjamin Franklin, United States, 1730-1760

1730-1760 (original); 1931-1939 (replica)

Stephenson family (Birthplace of the locomotive)

1861

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

1580-1588; 1930

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

2000-1001 BCE

Zoetrope strip: Badgered Cat

1860s

Copy of a cippus showing Horus, Egypt, 1900-1933

1900-1933