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

1871

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

1872

Great Northern Railway 4-2-2 locomotive Stirling Single

1870

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

1872

Silver model of the Eleanor Cross at Charing Cross Station

1867-1868

Stirling single locomotive wheel casting pattern, Great Northern Railway

1870

London & South Western Railway Shark 2-4-0

circa 1868

Aveling and Porter steam traction engine

circa 1871

One of four original Swan and Raven models

1867

One of four original Swan and Raven models used by Froude

1867

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Writing frame for the blind, Stockholm, Sweden, 1871

1871

Wheatstone receiver (Morse inker), 1867

1867

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Obstetrical forceps

1870s

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

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

1872

Model of the ‘Optimus’ water closet, England

1870

Domestic Sewing Machine for chain stitich

1868

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Model (scale 1:4) of pair of "Janney" couplings; model (scale 1:8) old pattern couplings

1873

York apprentices model train - North Eastern Railway

1870

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

'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

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

newhaven harbour co bridge byelaws notice

1867

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

North Eastern Railway locomotive Aerolite

1869

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

London & North Western Railway 'Hardwicke'

1873

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

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

Gold lever watch by George Blackie

1873

Model of human eye

1870

Bird cage from Sussex Lunatic Asylum

1872

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Section of the tree under which Livingstone's viscera were buried, Africa, 1873

1873

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

Two Kineograph Flicker Books

circa 1868

Hume, William Fraser

1867 - 1949

Magic lantern slide: Roast meat attacks a man

1870

Magic lantern slide: Housemaid and chimney sweep

1870