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Edison telephone, 1879

1879

Swan electric lamp

1878-1879

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Edison's electric carbon filament lamp

1879

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Robert Dudgeon’s sphygmograph

1876

Edison carbon button transmitter No. 32, 1878

1878

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Engraving: Watt's first experiment. Marcus Stone ARA pinxt; Herbert Bourne sculpt; published by Appleton & Co

1879

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

1877

Commemorative spade used to turn the first sod of the River Lee Conservancy's new cutting through Horse Shoe Point

1878

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

1876

Bell telephone, mahogany case, 1878

1878

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Gold watch with tourbillon by Girard Perregaux

1879

Fairlie steam locomotive model

1879

Novelty model

1955; 1830

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Crossley table telephone, 1879

1879

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

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

1876

Wrap reel/Hank winder

1877

Early telephone by Alexander Graham Bell, 1877.

1877

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Saw bench

1879

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Jones 50-line switchboard, 1879.

1879

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

Panorama de Paris

1878

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

1705-1737

Edison telephone peg switchboard and pegs, 1879

1879

Pair of Bell telephones, 1878

1878

Magic lantern slide showing scene from 'Alice's Adventures or The Queen of Hearts and the Stolen Tarts'

1876

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1934

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

1990-95

Replica of Edison's First Phonograph, 1877.

1877

PHOTOCELL, made by Pressler, Leipzig

1876

European celestial globe

1878

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

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

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

Model Boat from Cyclades, 2800 BC

2800 BCE

Lawson 'Bicyclette', 1879

1879