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

1872

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

1872

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

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

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

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

London & North Western Railway 'Hardwicke'

1873

Geometrical Groin Vault, string surface model

1872

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

1705-1737

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

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

1934

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 periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

Revised Classification of Merchandise Traffic and Revised Schedule of Maximum Rates and Charges Applicable thereto, proposed to be charged by the Eastern and Midlands Railway Company

1889-02

Hyperboloid and Asymptotic Cone, surface string model

1872

London: A Pilgrimage

1872

Case of surgical instruments by Lynth and Thornton

1873

Reproduction of Joseph Priestley's oxygen apparatus

1774; 1923

Medal awarded at the London Exhibition, 1873

1873

Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Gold amulet in the form of Duamutef, Egypt, 2000-100 BCE

2000-100 BCE

Gooch centrepiece, 1872

1872

Anne Thackeray

circa 1872

Engravings of colour sketches showing solar prominences by Etienne Leopold Trouvelot

1872

Walker's Railway Time Table, and Coach, Omnibus and Carriers' List

1883-01

Roman stone water main

30

Replica of Roman equal-arm balance, from Pompeii, 79 AD

1-79 CE; before 1914

Poncelet's Water Wheel, 1824

1824 (original); 1891 (model)

Model of an Egyptian boat in XII Dynasty Tomb

1991-1783 BCE

Spindle with Whorl, Stone Age

5000-500 BCE

Address to William Smith on his retirement

1894-05

Twelve inch ruler

1872

Diorama of Grimes Graves Flint Mine, 2000 BC

2000 BCE

Stone slab with seven holes for cosmetic ointments, Egypt, 1991-1786 BCE

1991-1786 BCE

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