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Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

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 Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1st Class carriage 'Traveller'

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Tables of lifetimes, annuities, and premiums

1864

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

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

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

1705-1737

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

Great Western Railway "Cornishman" Express Train, hauled by 4-4-2 No. 3046 "Lord of the Isles"

1899/12

Great Western Railway "Cornishman" Express Train, hauled by 4-4-2 No. 3046 "Lord of the Isles".

1899/12

Royal Wedding

1863

runcorn viaduct

1863

Theiler's step by step type receiver, 1863-64

1863-1864

Theiler's step by step type printer transmitter

1863-1864

Poster for Prince's Theatre, Glasgow, with Telbin's Diorama

1863-07-30

Model of Henry Cavendish's Torsion Balance Gravitational Apparatus, 1798

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

McCallam's patent distance indicator, 1864

1864

Model of Stevenson thermometer screen, 1864.

1864

Pencil sketch of nine views of the Metropolitan Railway during construction

1864

A series of 'Portraits of Inventors of Machines for the Manufacture of Textile Fabrics with Memoirs

1863

Share certificate

1863

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Bust on wooden base of Andrew Ross

1859; 1986

Thomas Shylands

1864

W C Williamson

1863

Dr. R K Greville

1863

William Archer

1863

D Arledge

1863

Rotating coil for the absolute measurement of resistance

1863

Bronze handle, highly decorated, Romano-Egyptian

20-400

Solid bronze phallic amulet in form of priapus with hind legs and tail of horse

30-200

Bronze probe(?), twisted stem, Romano-Egyptian

20-500

Olive ended probe, bronze, Romano-Egyptian

20-500

Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements

1972-3

Haighton obstetrical forceps

1870-1850

Oesophageal forceps Durham's

1871-1830