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Rover 'Safety' Bicycle, 1885

1885

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

1871

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

1872

Edison telephone, 1879

1879

Swan electric lamp

1878-1879

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

1872

Lancashire Loom

circa 1880

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

The Demon Detective camera

1889

North Eastern Railway, locomotive 910

1875

Edison's electric carbon filament lamp

1879

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Aveling and Porter steam traction engine

circa 1871

Robert Dudgeon’s sphygmograph

1876

Small printing forme representing Linotype set matter

1886

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

1889

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

1873

Single-lens Cine Camera by Louis Le Prince

1888

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Steam locomotive, 'Bauxite'

1874

Child's Ordinary bicycle (c. 1880)

circa 1880

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

1889

Edison carbon button transmitter No. 32, 1878

1878

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Hand-operated lithographic printing press made by Alex Seggie of Edinburgh

1871

Mains cable from power stations in London, around 1890

1890

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Saint's sewing machine, 1874.

1874

Tower's handcuffs

1882-1890

Parsons' steam turbine generator, 1884

1884

'Pock-marked faces: A curious illusion', anti-vaccination leaflet

1880-1890

Engraving: Watt's first experiment. Marcus Stone ARA pinxt; Herbert Bourne sculpt; published by Appleton & Co

1879

Model steam locomotive

1882

Brass worksplate no 517, Manning Wardle & Co

1875

Brass worksplate no 917, Manning Wardle & Co

1884

Full size wooden model of Beloe's double rail and chair

1877

Mantel clock, presented to T.W. Worsdell - Great Eastern Railway

circa 1885

Commemorative spade used to turn the first sod of the River Lee Conservancy's new cutting through Horse Shoe Point

1878

Fairlie steam locomotive model

1879

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Model ground signal, North London Railway

1888

Novelty model

1955; 1830

model steam locomotive

1890

Catgut suture

1875

Wood-working brace drill, with button-operated latch chuck, 1875-1885

circa 1880

Wise's Patent Train Staff

1886

model sykes lock and block signalling system

1875

Silver medal, commemorates the International Health Exhibition

1884

Scutcher, made by Platt Brothers & Co. Ltd

1889

Model steam locomotive, North Eastern Railway

1884