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

1871

Edison telephone, 1879

1879

North Eastern Railway, locomotive 910

1875

Rover 'Safety' Bicycle, 1885

1885

North Eastern Railway locomotive Aerolite

1869

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

1889

Rudge 'ordinary' or 'penny farthing' bicycle

1884

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Great Northern Railway 4-2-2 locomotive Stirling Single

1870

Bird cage from Sussex Lunatic Asylum

1872

Hangman's rope, England, 1870-1888

1870-1888

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

1872

Small printing forme representing Linotype set matter

1886

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

Crossley table telephone, 1879

1879

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

1876

Bell telephone, mahogany case, 1878

1878

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

1865-1866

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

1870-1881

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

1870-1877

Compound monocular microscope

1870-1880

Robert Dudgeon’s sphygmograph

1876

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

1880-1890

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Catgut suture

1875

Model steam locomotive, North Eastern Railway

1884

Mantel clock, presented to T.W. Worsdell - Great Eastern Railway

circa 1885

Stirling single locomotive wheel casting pattern, Great Northern Railway

1870

Fairlie steam locomotive model

1879

Scutcher, made by Platt Brothers & Co. Ltd

1889

Experimental carbon block microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Powdered graphite microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Experimental carbon pencil microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Experimental microphones with carbon pencils and cups, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Atlantic cable specimen, 1865

1865

Sample of submarine telegraph cable, 1866

1866

Granular microphone in glass tube, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Experimental microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

The Demon Detective camera

1889

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

1865

Silver model of the Eleanor Cross at Charing Cross Station

1867-1868

Brass worksplate no 517, Manning Wardle & Co

1875

Brass worksplate no 917, Manning Wardle & Co

1884

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Dye Sample

circa 1890

Dye Sample

circa 1890

Sample of Acid Yellow Dye

circa 1890

Dye Sample

circa 1890