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

1871

Thompson's Revolver Camera

1862

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

North Eastern Railway locomotive Aerolite

1869

Model of human eye

1870

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

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

1872

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

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

1865

Silver model of the Eleanor Cross at Charing Cross Station

1867-1868

Novelty model

1955; 1830

One of four original Swan and Raven models

1867

One of four original Swan and Raven models used by Froude

1867

Wheatstone receiver (Morse inker), 1867

1867

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

1865-1866

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

Glass pharmacy storage bottle

1864

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Signal Block Bell, South Eastern Railway

1862

Stirling single locomotive wheel casting pattern, Great Northern Railway

1870

London & South Western Railway Shark 2-4-0

circa 1868

Atlantic cable specimen, 1865

1865

Sample of submarine telegraph cable, 1866

1866

Obstetrical forceps

1870s

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

1865

Portrait of Isaac Newton

1862-1863

Nameplate, London & North Western Railway - "John Ramsbottom"

1872

Portrait Bust of Thomas Russell Crampton

1865

newhaven harbour co bridge byelaws notice

1867

Tables of lifetimes, annuities, and premiums

1864

Geometrical Groin Vault, string surface model

1872

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

1705-1737

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

Pioneers of Electric Telegraphy at the British Association

1865

Carbolic steam spray used by Joseph Lister

1866-1870

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Croll Testimonial silver gilt fountain, Parcel-gilt Victorian silver rosewater fountain designed as a table centrepiece

1870

Telegraph block instrument; Walker's

1865

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

York apprentices model train - North Eastern Railway

1870

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

1934

Polarized 'guillotine' relay, 1862-1866

1862-1866

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

1870-1877

Bird cage from Sussex Lunatic Asylum

1872

Sample of transatlantic cable, 1865-66

1865-1866