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Aveling and Porter steam traction engine

circa 1871

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

1871

Great Northern Railway 4-2-2 locomotive Stirling Single

1870

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Model of the ‘Optimus’ water closet, England

1870

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Stirling single locomotive wheel casting pattern, Great Northern Railway

1870

Writing frame for the blind, Stockholm, Sweden, 1871

1871

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Obstetrical forceps

1870s

Novelty model

1955; 1830

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)

A steam hammer at work

1871

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

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

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

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Model of the Lowe-Vansittart Screw Propeller Blades

1869

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

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

300 BCE; 1905-1915

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)

Magic lantern slide: Housemaid and chimney sweep

1870

Magic lantern slide: Dancing elephant

1870

Magic lantern slide: Man and wet paint

1870

Revised Classification of Merchandise Traffic and Revised Schedule of Maximum Rates and Charges Applicable thereto, proposed to be charged by the Eastern and Midlands Railway Company

1889-02

Letter from Charles Dickens regarding accident on the Great Western Railway

1870

Inmates sharpening tools

1871

Inmate at a loom

1871

Inmates at work

1870-1871