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Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Stirling single locomotive wheel casting pattern, Great Northern Railway

1870

Aveling and Porter steam traction engine

circa 1871

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Obstetrical forceps

1870s

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

1872

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Novelty model

1955; 1830

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

1872

Writing frame for the blind, Stockholm, Sweden, 1871

1871

Model of the Lowe-Vansittart Screw Propeller Blades

1869

York apprentices model train - North Eastern Railway

1870

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

1874

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Great Northern Railway 4-2-2 locomotive Stirling Single

1870

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

1872

Steam locomotive, 'Bauxite'

1874

Geometrical Groin Vault, string surface model

1872

London & North Western Railway 'Hardwicke'

1873

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

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

1873

A steam hammer at work

1871

Bird cage from Sussex Lunatic Asylum

1872

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Model of human eye

1870

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1934

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

North Eastern Railway locomotive Aerolite

1869

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

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

Model of the ‘Optimus’ water closet, England

1870

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

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

1871

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Engravings of colour sketches showing solar prominences by Etienne Leopold Trouvelot

1872

Tasker No.6 winnowing machine

1871

Enamelled metal cross

1870

Medal, bronze, commemorating Andre Marie Ampere

1873

Medal, bronze, commemorating Andre Marie Ampere

1873

Medal, bronze, commemorating Jean Baptiste Dumas

1873

Galvanised medal awarded to Sir Richard Wallace for his generosity during the Siege of Paris

1870

Bronze medal to commemorate Snellen van der Vollenhoven

1873

Lithograph, Astronomical Diagram

circa 1870

Lithograph, astronomical diagram. Diagram of the phases of the moon

circa 1870

Lithograph, Astronomical Diagram

circa 1870

Lithograph, astronomical diagram. Diagram of Meteorology

circa 1870