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Edison telephone, 1879

1879

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

North Eastern Railway, locomotive 910

1875

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

Swan electric lamp

1878-1879

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Gold watch with tourbillon by Girard Perregaux

1879

model sykes lock and block signalling system

1875

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

1877

Crossley table telephone, 1879

1879

Replica of Bell's 1876 'iron-box' receiver, 1959

1876

Bell telephone, mahogany case, 1878

1878

Enamel watch depicting the Virgin and Child

1880

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Catgut suture

1875

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Brass worksplate no 517, Manning Wardle & Co

1875

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Fairlie steam locomotive model

1879

Robert Dudgeon’s sphygmograph

1876

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Tailboard, North Eastern Railway

1880

Set of wheels from Blenkinsop Railway locomotive

1880

Child's Ordinary bicycle (c. 1880)

circa 1880

Jones 50-line switchboard, 1879.

1879

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

Panorama de Paris

1878

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

1934

Bell Transmitter with Membrane Diaphragm, 1875-1877

1875-1877

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Pair of Bell telephones, 1878

1878

Crossley telephone receiver, 1880

1880

Set of six test tubes with stand, used by Joseph Lister

1875-1878

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Lancashire Loom

circa 1880

Wrap reel/Hank winder

1877

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

1875-1880

London Brighton & South Coast Railway locomotive Boxhill

1880

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

1705-1737

Edison telephone peg switchboard and pegs, 1879

1879

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Edison carbon button transmitter No. 32, 1878

1878

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

Early telephone by Alexander Graham Bell, 1877.

1877

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

1990-95

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Clarke's patent electric gas lighter

1880

Replica of Edison's First Phonograph, 1877.

1877

Whole rigged model of the clipper ship 'Stonehouse'

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