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Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

1872

NER 0-6-0 '1001' class steam locomotive and tender, No 1275, 1874

1874

Steam locomotive, 'Bauxite'

1874

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

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

1872

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

Novelty model

1955; 1830

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

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

1872

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

1873

Geometrical Groin Vault, string surface model

1872

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1934

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Bird cage from Sussex Lunatic Asylum

1872

London & North Western Railway 'Hardwicke'

1873

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

1705-1737

Gold lever watch by George Blackie

1873

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB

1990-95

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Replica of Lightning Conductor by Benjamin Franklin, United States, 1730-1760

1730-1760 (original); 1931-1939 (replica)

Whole rigged model of the clipper ship 'Stonehouse'

1866 (original) 1871 (model); 1906 (rigging modified)

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

1873

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

Medal, bronze, commemorating Andre Marie Ampere

1873

Medal, bronze, commemorating Andre Marie Ampere

1873

Copy of forceps made from an Egyptian sculpture, Kom-Ombos, Egypt, 1901-1936

1901-1936; 180 BCE

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

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

Pouillet pyrheliometer,Stow's improved form, 1874.

1874

Midland & North Staffordshire Railways: Letter-press Poster

1873

Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination

3000-1500

Conoid surface model

1872

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

1991-1786 BCE

Tourmaline pincers in brass mounts

1872

Copper Cube and Condensing Syringe Apparatus, 1872

1872

Copy of Musschenbroek's Pyrometer (Dilatometer), 1700-1731.

1877 (copy); 1700-1731 (original)

Combination of 3 prisms to show achromatism

1872

Electrophorus

1872

Saint's sewing machine, 1874.

1874

Flint Knife and Scraper, Stone Age

8500-2000 BCE

Twelve German jetons, 16th century.

1501-1600; 1978

Simple aquatic microscope, with box-foot stand

1795-1805