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Edison telephone, 1879

1879

Rover 'Safety' Bicycle, 1885

1885

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

1889

Rudge 'ordinary' or 'penny farthing' bicycle

1884

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Small printing forme representing Linotype set matter

1886

Crossley table telephone, 1879

1879

Bell telephone, mahogany case, 1878

1878

'Pock-marked faces: A curious illusion', anti-vaccination leaflet

1880-1890

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Model steam locomotive, North Eastern Railway

1884

Mantel clock, presented to T.W. Worsdell - Great Eastern Railway

circa 1885

Fairlie steam locomotive model

1879

Scutcher, made by Platt Brothers & Co. Ltd

1889

Experimental carbon block microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Powdered graphite microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Experimental carbon pencil microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Experimental microphones with carbon pencils and cups, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Granular microphone in glass tube, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Experimental microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

The Demon Detective camera

1889

Brass worksplate no 917, Manning Wardle & Co

1884

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Dye Sample

circa 1890

Dye Sample

circa 1890

Sample of Acid Yellow Dye

circa 1890

Dye Sample

circa 1890

Light-bulb, filament, carbon

About 1890

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Gold watch with tourbillon by Girard Perregaux

1879

Wise's Patent Train Staff

1886

Model steam locomotive

1882

Model ground signal, North London Railway

1888

Model steam locomotive

1890

model steam locomotive

1890

Copper ore from the Bell Mine

before 1889

Arsenical cobalt or skutterudite, from Skutterude, near Modum, Norway

before 1889

Marine thermometer by Negretti and Zambra

1890

Single-lens Cine Camera by Louis Le Prince

1888

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Enamel watch depicting the Virgin and Child

1880

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Meerschaum tobacco pipe

1880-1890

Syntonic Leyden jars, 1880-1889

1880-1889

Tailboard, North Eastern Railway

1880

Tower's handcuffs

1882-1890

Tank wagon, North Eastern Railway - Shell-Mex and BP Ltd

1889

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

1705-1737

Edison telephone peg switchboard and pegs, 1879

1879

Watch by Sir John Bennett

1884