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North Eastern Railway, locomotive 910

1875

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Brass worksplate no 517, Manning Wardle & Co

1875

model sykes lock and block signalling system

1875

Novelty model

1955; 1830

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

1873

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)

Catgut suture

1875

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

1873

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

1874

London & North Western Railway 'Hardwicke'

1873

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

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Steam locomotive, 'Bauxite'

1874

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Lithograph of Daniel Spills Ivorideworks by Daniel Greenaway, 1875

1875

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Saint's sewing machine, 1874.

1874

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Captain Roux's 'Paracyclone'

1875

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

2050-1750 BCE

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

1990-95

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

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

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

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

Haemacytometer, Paris, France, 1874

1874

Photograph of William Friese-Greene and family

circa 1875 (original)

Case of surgical instruments by Lynth and Thornton

1873

Medal awarded at the London Exhibition, 1873

1873

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

2000-100 BCE

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

1883-01

Railway model, Locomotion No.1

1875

Map, Railway Clearing House

1874

Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill

1730; 1967

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

Bust of Sir William Fairbairn

1875

Laussedat type camera lucida, with trade cards

1875