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Columnar Engine, 1862

1862

Aveling and Porter steam traction engine

circa 1871

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

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

1865

Silver model of the Eleanor Cross at Charing Cross Station

1867-1868

Stirling single locomotive wheel casting pattern, Great Northern Railway

1870

Operative Society of Bricklayers

1866-1870

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

1872

Glass pharmacy storage bottle

1864

London & South Western Railway Shark 2-4-0

circa 1868

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Writing frame for the blind, Stockholm, Sweden, 1871

1871

Obstetrical forceps

1870s

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

1865

Signal Block Bell, South Eastern Railway

1862

One of four original Swan and Raven models

1867

One of four original Swan and Raven models used by Froude

1867

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

1872

Remington 44 Revolver

1863-1865

Wheatstone receiver (Morse inker), 1867

1867

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

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

1865-1866

Sample of submarine telegraph cable, 1866

1866

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Atlantic cable specimen, 1865

1865

Thompson's Revolver Camera

1862

Distinguished Men of Science

1862

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

A steam hammer at work

1871

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Bird cage from Sussex Lunatic Asylum

1872

Model of human eye

1870

Great Northern Railway 4-2-2 locomotive Stirling Single

1870

North Eastern Railway locomotive Aerolite

1869

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Tables of lifetimes, annuities, and premiums

1864

Geometrical Groin Vault, string surface model

1872

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

1871

Telegraph block instrument; Walker's

1865

newhaven harbour co bridge byelaws notice

1867

Sectional Model of a Beam Engine, 1866.

1866

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Writing machine for blind people, United Kingdom, 1862

1862

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Carbolic steam spray used by Joseph Lister

1866-1870

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

1705-1737