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

1872

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

1871

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

1872

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Aveling and Porter steam traction engine

circa 1871

Writing frame for the blind, Stockholm, Sweden, 1871

1871

Novelty model

1955; 1830

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

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

1872

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

London & North Western Railway 'Hardwicke'

1873

Geometrical Groin Vault, string surface model

1872

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

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

1873

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

1934

A steam hammer at work

1871

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

1705-1737

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

Gold lever watch by George Blackie

1873

Bird cage from Sussex Lunatic Asylum

1872

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Section of the tree under which Livingstone's viscera were buried, Africa, 1873

1873

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

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

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

Medal awarded at the London Exhibition, 1873

1873

Anne Thackeray

circa 1872

Great Western Railway "Cornishman" Express Train, hauled by 4-4-2 No. 3046 "Lord of the Isles"

1899/12

Great Western Railway "Cornishman" Express Train, hauled by 4-4-2 No. 3046 "Lord of the Isles".

1899/12

Opening of the Stockton & Darlington Railway AD 1825 from a sketch by the artist at the time

1871

Illuminated address, to Sir Daniel Gooch Bart, MP

1871

Model of Henry Cavendish's Torsion Balance Gravitational Apparatus, 1798

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

Midland & North Staffordshire Railways: Letter-press Poster

1873

Chromolithograph, State Coach of the Right Honorable The Lord Mayor of the City of London

1872

In Memoriam, Caroli A Linne

1871

Ironshipbuilding

1873

Print, chromolithograph. "The Sailor's Champion" portrait

1873

He built the 'Alabama' and the 'Captain'

1873

Chromolithograph portrait and accompanying letter press from Vanity Fair: Professor Owen

1873

Electric time piece with hands but without dial

1872

Astatic galvanometer by Elliott Brothers, 1872.

1872

Rotating spark

1872

Dipping needle with arc

1872