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

1872

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

1871

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

1872

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Aveling and Porter steam traction engine

circa 1871

Queen Victoria's Saloon

1869

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Stirling single locomotive wheel casting pattern, Great Northern Railway

1870

Novelty model

1955; 1830

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

London & South Western Railway Shark 2-4-0

circa 1868

Writing frame for the blind, Stockholm, Sweden, 1871

1871

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

1872

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

1873

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

NER 0-6-0 '1001' class steam locomotive and tender, No 1275, 1874

1874

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

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

1934

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

A steam hammer at work

1871

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Bird cage from Sussex Lunatic Asylum

1872

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

North Eastern Railway locomotive Aerolite

1869

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

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

Steam locomotive, 'Bauxite'

1874

Croll Testimonial silver gilt fountain, Parcel-gilt Victorian silver rosewater fountain designed as a table centrepiece

1870

Great Northern Railway 4-2-2 locomotive Stirling Single

1870

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)

York apprentices model train - North Eastern Railway

1870

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Flint hand tool, core-type, Stone Age.

8500-2000 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

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

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

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Model of breast water wheel with pentrough sluice

1868

Chromolithograph of the schooner yacht " Cambria"

1869