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Writing frame for the blind, Stockholm, Sweden, 1871

1871

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

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

Novelty model

1955; 1830

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

1872

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

1872

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

1872

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

Geometrical Groin Vault, string surface model

1872

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

1934

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

A steam hammer at work

1871

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

London & North Western Railway 'Hardwicke'

1873

Bird cage from Sussex Lunatic Asylum

1872

Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement

1705-1737

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

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

1871

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Engravings of colour sketches showing solar prominences by Etienne Leopold Trouvelot

1872

Tasker No.6 winnowing machine

1871

Medal, bronze, commemorating Andre Marie Ampere

1873

Medal, bronze, commemorating Andre Marie Ampere

1873

Medal, bronze, commemorating Jean Baptiste Dumas

1873

Bronze medal to commemorate Snellen van der Vollenhoven

1873

Andre-Marie Ampere

1825; 1910

Bronze medal evidently commemorating a building

1872

Astatic galvanometer by Elliott Brothers, 1872.

1872

Rotating spark

1872

Lockstitch sewing machine head of a Howe treadle driven machine

1871

Common groin

1872

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Conoid surface model

1872

Surface string model

1872

Roller thrust bearing for the steering pivot of Randolph's Steam Carriage

1872

Compass on gimbals

1872

Discharging rod, jointed

1872

Bust on wooden base of Andrew Ross

1859; 1986

Solar Corona 1871

1871

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185