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Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Domestic Sewing Machine for chain stitich

1868

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

Model of a Jacquard loom, with shuttle and components

1867

Sectional Model of a Beam Engine, 1866.

1866

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

1990-95

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

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

1934

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

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

1705-1737

active c. 1894-1968, optical instrument maker, London, England

R and J Beck Limited

1867 - 1968

One of four original Swan and Raven models used by Froude

1867

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

1865-1866

Electrotype replica of a 16th-century mariner’s astrolabe

1580-1588; 1930

Atlantic cable specimen, 1865

1865

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1870-1877

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

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

2050-1750 BCE

The first Wheeler and Wilson sewing machine, 1866.

1866

One of four original Swan and Raven models

1867

Sample of submarine telegraph cable, 1866

1866

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Two Kineograph Flicker Books

circa 1868

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

'Boneshaker' bicycle

1868

active 1867-?, surgical instrument maker, Tuttlingen, Germany

Jetter and Scheerer

1867

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

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

2000-1001 BCE

b. 1866, amateur photographer (active in Russia), British

Stewart, Herbert Galloway

1866

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

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

1865

Wheatstone receiver (Morse inker), 1867

1867

Sample of transatlantic cable, 1865-66

1865-1866

Telegraph block instrument; Walker's

1865

Glass display case containing various cosmetic devices from the 1700s, England, 1880-1930

1701-1800

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

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

Model of Mud House

6000-5000BCE

Working model of Hero's Aeolipile

100-1 BCE; 1501-1600; 1914

Michaux-Perreaux steam motor cycle scale model

1868