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Saw bench

1879

Bronze ticket medal for admission and commemoration of the exposition et congres d' Hygiene et de Sauvetage

1876

Bezel wind wrist watch, c.1880

circa 1880

Lithograph of Daniel Spills Ivorideworks by Daniel Greenaway, 1875

1875

Wrap reel/Hank winder

1877

Edison carbon button transmitter No. 32, 1878

1878

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

1934

Bell Transmitter with Membrane Diaphragm, 1875-1877

1875-1877

Clockwork interruptor, once owned by David Hughes, 1875-1880

1875-1880

Lawson 'Bicyclette', 1879

1879

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

1873

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Replica of Edison's First Phonograph, 1877.

1877

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Early telephone by Alexander Graham Bell, 1877.

1877

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

Saint's sewing machine, 1874.

1874

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

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

Rigged model of the "Cutty Sark"

1900-1933 (model); 1869 (original)

Northward Ho!

1875-1876

Rigged model of the Portuguese ironclad battleship 'Vasco de Gama'

1875-1876

Reynaud's Praxinoscope Theatre

1879 (1956)

Hansen's Writing Ball, also known as Malling-Hansen Writing Ball

1875-1880

Electrotype replica of a 16th-century mariner’s astrolabe

1580-1588; 1930

Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

2000-1001 BCE

Copy of a cippus showing Horus, Egypt, 1900-1933

1900-1933

Model of H.M. Brigantine 'Dolphin'

1950-1977 (model); 1836 (original)

Telephone set with Edison's electro-motograph receiver (handle missing)

1879

Model of submersible 'Turtle'

1976; 1776

Cavity wall ties (2) from Reddish Conservative Club

1880

Whole model of the PS 'Brighton' (1878)

1875-1877

Whole model of light draught paddle steamer 'Javary'

1874-1879

Votive plaque with right ear in relief

400 BCE-100 CE; 1900-1936

Inscribed votive plaque with pair of arms in relief

100 BCE-100 CE; 1900-1936

A440 tuning fork

1880

Coil for Wiedemann's galvanometer

1876

Wall type telephone

1878-1880

Earthenware jug

2000-1350

Ceiling rose

1880

Inscribed votive plaque with breast in relief

100 BCE-100 CE; 1900-1936

Fresnel parallelopipeds mounted on brass

1876

Foucault prism (one half of complete polarizing prism)

1876

Specimen Natal-Aden cable, 1879

1879

Sample of Steel made by the Gilchrist Process, 1877

1877

Whole rigged model of the clipper ship 'Stonehouse'

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

Replica of Roman steelyard, from Pompeii, 79 AD

1-79 CE; before 1914

Earthenware oil jar

2000-1350

Earthenware oil jar

2000-1350