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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)

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

Wivenhoe & Brightlingsea Railway

1861

seal die - Bishop Stortford, Dunmow and Braintree railway

1861

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Dagron microphotographic camera

circa 1860

Model of Grew's locomotive for ice

circa 1861

Ramsbottom speed indicator

1860

Signal Block Bell, South Eastern Railway

1862

Novelty model

1955; 1830

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Lid for Self Cleansing carbon filter

circa 1861

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

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

1934

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Child's ceramic alphabet bowl, North Staffordshire Railway

1860

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

1860

Larmuth Loom

circa 1860

Paddlewheel used by James Joule

c1860

Portrait of Isaac Newton

1862-1863

Tables of lifetimes, annuities, and premiums

1864

Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement

1705-1737

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

1870-1877

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

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

1990-95

Decimal watch by Richard Dover Statter and Thomas Statter

1862

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

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

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

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

Reis telephone, 1863.

1863

Whitworth Pillar Drilling Machine

circa 1860

Silk skirt and blouse dyed with Perkin's mauve aniline dye

1862-1863

runcorn viaduct

1863

Theiler's step by step type printer transmitter

1863-1864

McCallam's patent distance indicator, 1864

1864

Hicks patent mercurial minimum thermometer with brass sliding scale

1861

Lefebvre type clitograph, French, 1862

1862

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Pottery vase found at Nihawnad, Persia

3000 BCE

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE