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

1876

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

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

1877

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Robert Dudgeon’s sphygmograph

1876

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Wrap reel/Hank winder

1877

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

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

1705-1737

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Rulebook for the Thetford & Watton Railway Company

1876

Petition, Staff of South Eastern Railway Company requesting permission to grow moustaches

1877

Cast iron gas standard lamp mount made by John Fletcher and Sons

1877

Cast iron gas standard lamp mount made by John Fletcher and Sons

1877

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

1883-01

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

1730; 1967

Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements

1972-3

Plano-convex brick, Ubaid, Iraq, c 2500 BC.

2500 BCE

Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promote general good health

1880-120

Leather cigar case

1877

Brass saccharometer by R.B. Bate

1915-1825

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

1990-95

Uterine probe

1901-950

Omega Nebula

1876

Lever watch in pair case with crank roller

1800-1830

Cylinder watch in case with thin horizontal movement

1801-1850

Lever watch in case

1800-1830

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

Bichromate battery, 1876

1876

Bust on wooden base of Andrew Ross

1859; 1986

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

Replica of Edison's First Phonograph, 1877.

1877

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

James Prescott Joule

1876

Thomas Henry Huxley

1876

Electro-magnet wound with copper strip

1876

Coil for Wiedemann's galvanometer

1876

Diamond balance

1877

Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination

3000-1500

Bell Telephone Receiver (c.1876)

1876