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One of four original Swan and Raven models

1867

One of four original Swan and Raven models used by Froude

1867

Arithmometer by Elliott Brothers

1885-1894

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

1872

Arsenical cobalt or skutterudite, from Skutterude, near Modum, Norway

before 1889

Marine thermometer by Negretti and Zambra

1890

Earthenware Phrenological Bust

1860-1896

Single-lens Cine Camera by Louis Le Prince

1888

Crossley table telephone, 1879

1879

Replica of Bell's 1876 'iron-box' receiver, 1959

1876

Bell telephone, mahogany case, 1878

1878

Coherer with coarse brass turnings, 1894

1894

Wheatstone receiver (Morse inker), 1867

1867

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

1865-1866

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

1870-1881

Coherer, ebonite, with adjustable contacts, 1890-1896

1890-1896

Spiral spring coherer, 1890-1894

1890-1894

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

One of the First Rechargeable Batteries, about 1860

1860

Filings coherer, small glass tube with bulb at one end and cap of red sealing wax at other end, 1898

1898

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

1870-1877

Ring transformer, 1892

1892

English lever escapement watch with Karrusel by S Smith and Son

1897

Early binaural stethoscope

1861-1866

Compound monocular microscope

1870-1880

Glass pharmacy storage bottle

1864

Robert Dudgeon’s sphygmograph

1876

'Pock-marked faces: A curious illusion', anti-vaccination leaflet

1880-1890

Straight spectacles with bifocal perfection lenses

1885-1895

Meerschaum tobacco pipe

1880-1890

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Wine glass possibly used as a culture glass by Joseph Lister

1860-1877

Wine glass possibly used as a culture glass by Joseph Lister

1860-1877

Wine glass possibly used as a culture glass by Joseph Lister

1860-1877

Catgut suture

1875

East Coast Joint Stock, 3rd Class railway carriage, 1898

1898

Shoehorn made from Rescued Brass from Thirsk Disaster

1892

Signal Block Bell, South Eastern Railway

1862

Model steam locomotive, North Eastern Railway

1884

Stirling single locomotive wheel casting pattern, Great Northern Railway

1870

Platt Brothers Notice

1898

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Enamel watch depicting the Virgin and Child

1880

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Foetal monaural stethoscope

1875-1885

Wine glass

1860-1880

Obstetrical forceps

1870s

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

1877

Wolferton station master hand lamp

1870-1880

Dye Sample

circa 1890