Babbage's Analytical Engine, 1834-1871. (Trial model)
1871
Aveling and Porter steam traction engine
circa 1871
Great Northern Railway 4-2-2 locomotive Stirling Single
1870
Model of the ‘Optimus’ water closet, England
1870
Writing frame for the blind, Stockholm, Sweden, 1871
1871
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
A steam hammer at work
1871
Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera
1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)
Model of human eye
1870
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
Stirling single locomotive wheel casting pattern, Great Northern Railway
1870
Novelty model
1955; 1830
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888
1888
Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, 1934
1934
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
York apprentices model train - North Eastern Railway
1870
'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century
1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1st Class carriage 'Traveller'
1930 (replica); 1834 (original)
Copy of the Receiver and Alarm Call of Schilling's Electric Telegraph, 1870-1877
1870-1877
Croll Testimonial silver gilt fountain, Parcel-gilt Victorian silver rosewater fountain designed as a table centrepiece
1870
Model of the "Planet" Locomotive
1830 (original); 1967 (model)
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE
2050-1750 BCE
Mousetrap Camera
1834-1836
Punched cards for Babbage's Analytical Engine
circa 1870
Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430
1960-1979
Model of an Assyrian kelek or raft of inflated ox-hides, one of three models of Babylonian vessels of skin
700 BCE; 1931
Model of Mud House
6000-5000BCE
Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois
1925; 1862
Burial mask of Agamemnon, Greek, c. 1550 BCE
1600-1500 BCE (original); 1900-1914 (copy)
Flymo Super Professional 47 rotary air cushion mower
1979-80
Lockstitch sewing machine head of a Howe treadle driven machine
1871
Roman Coin of Tiberius
30 CE
Roman Coin of Tiberius
30 CE
Red granite drill core
2686-2613 BCE
Pocket sheet metal gauge
1878-1867 (design)
Portable monaural stethoscope
1870
Tunbridge Tangram puzzle
1870
Dissected Cube puzzle
1870
Minimum thermometer with "slipped in" scale
1870
Interrupter for induction coil (early form)
1870