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Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

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

1877

Robert Dudgeon’s sphygmograph

1876

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

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

1876

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Wrap reel/Hank winder

1877

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

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

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

1876

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

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

Model of submersible 'Turtle'

1976; 1776

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Replica of Edison's First Phonograph, 1877.

1877

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

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

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Glass display case containing various cosmetic devices from the 1700s, England, 1880-1930

1701-1800

Copy of Lodestone believed to have been used by Queen Anne

1929 (copy); 1702-1714 (original)

Rulebook for the Thetford & Watton Railway Company

1876

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

Hofmann's apparatus for decomposing phosphuretted hydrogen

1876

Set of 8 glass avoirdupois weights from 7lbs to 1oz, the larger adjusted with lead shot, in case

circa 1876

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

1883-01

Piece of metal rescued from the Abbots Ripton accident

1876

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

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

1730; 1967

Circular slide rule by Troughton and Simms

1877

Caution List of Convictions

1885-09

John Derbyshire Vase

1876

Iron Weight

1910-130

One of two Sumerian solid cylindrical weights

circa 2000 BCE

Sheppard's cubing slide rule, boxwood

1876

2 circular plaster casts of the 2 halves of a Greek coin

700-100 BCE; 1930-1950

Roman stone water main

30

Stevens and Sons 12 Lever Signal Frame

1876