Commemorative spade used to turn the first sod of the River Lee Conservancy's new cutting through Horse Shoe Point
1878
Wood-working brace drill, with button-operated latch chuck, 1875-1885
circa 1880
Catgut suture
1875
Engraving: Watt's first experiment. Marcus Stone ARA pinxt; Herbert Bourne sculpt; published by Appleton & Co
1879
Aveling and Porter steam traction engine
circa 1871
model sykes lock and block signalling system
1875
North Eastern Railway, locomotive 910
1875
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
Full size wooden model of Beloe's double rail and chair
1877
Stock Exchange automatic telegraph, 1872-1880
1872-1880
Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835
1934
Replica of Bell's 1876 'iron-box' receiver, 1959
1876
Bell telephone, mahogany case, 1878
1878
Brass worksplate no 517, Manning Wardle & Co
1875
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Edison telephone, 1879
1879
Crossley table telephone, 1879
1879
'Over London-by Rail', Engraving, London, England, 1872
1872
Fairlie steam locomotive model
1879
Model Draw Door Weir, 1872
1872 (original); 1909 (model)
Novelty model
1955; 1830
Writing frame for the blind, Stockholm, Sweden, 1871
1871
Swan electric lamp
1878-1879
Robert Dudgeon’s sphygmograph
1876
William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872
1872
Curved bottom polishing iron, c.1880
1880
Set of wheels from Blenkinsop Railway locomotive
1880
Bezel wind wrist watch, c.1880
circa 1880
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Tailboard, North Eastern Railway
1880
Nameplate, London & North Western Railway - "John Ramsbottom"
1872
Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1st Class carriage 'Traveller'
1930 (replica); 1834 (original)
Panorama de Paris
1878
Geometrical Groin Vault, string surface model
1872
Saw bench
1879
Wrap reel/Hank winder
1877
Lancashire Loom
circa 1880
London Brighton & South Coast Railway locomotive Boxhill
1880
NER 0-6-0 '1001' class steam locomotive and tender, No 1275, 1874
1874
Steam locomotive, 'Bauxite'
1874
London & North Western Railway 'Hardwicke'
1873
Model of the "Planet" Locomotive
1830 (original); 1967 (model)
Bronze ticket medal for admission and commemoration of the exposition et congres d' Hygiene et de Sauvetage
1876
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Crossley telephone receiver, 1880
1880
Edison telephone peg switchboard and pegs, 1879
1879
Pair of Bell telephones, 1878
1878
Clockwork interruptor, once owned by David Hughes, 1875-1880
1875-1880
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Set of six test tubes with stand, used by Joseph Lister
1875-1878