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Great Northern Railway 4-2-2 locomotive Stirling Single

1870

Model of the ‘Optimus’ water closet, England

1870

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Stirling single locomotive wheel casting pattern, Great Northern Railway

1870

London & South Western Railway Shark 2-4-0

circa 1868

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Obstetrical forceps

1870s

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Domestic Sewing Machine for chain stitich

1868

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

York apprentices model train - North Eastern Railway

1870

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

North Eastern Railway locomotive Aerolite

1869

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

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

Model of human eye

1870

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Queen Victoria's Saloon

1869

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

1990-95

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

The Black Country

1869

Model of submersible 'Turtle'

1976; 1776

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Model of the Lowe-Vansittart Screw Propeller Blades

1869

Punched cards for Babbage's Analytical Engine

circa 1870

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

1701-1800

Copy of Lodestone believed to have been used by Queen Anne

1929 (copy); 1702-1714 (original)

Zoetrope strip: Humming Bird

circa 1868

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

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Close, No 80 High Street

1868

Close, No 139 Saltmarket

1868

Saltmarket, from Bridgegate

1868

Magic lantern slide: Roast meat attacks a man

1870

Main Street, Gorbals, Looking South

1868

Magic lantern slide: Housemaid and chimney sweep

1870

Trongate, from Tron Steeple

1868

Close, No 101 High Street

1868

Close, No 193 High Street

1868

Close, No 18 Saltmarket

1868