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Set of wheels from Blenkinsop Railway locomotive

1880

Edison's electric carbon filament lamp

1879

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Gold watch with tourbillon by Girard Perregaux

1879

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Enamel watch depicting the Virgin and Child

1880

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

1879

Wood-working brace drill, with button-operated latch chuck, 1875-1885

circa 1880

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Fairlie steam locomotive model

1879

Edison telephone, 1879

1879

Crossley table telephone, 1879

1879

Child's Ordinary bicycle (c. 1880)

circa 1880

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1934

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Bezel wind wrist watch, c.1880

circa 1880

Saw bench

1879

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Lancashire Loom

circa 1880

Jones 50-line switchboard, 1879.

1879

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

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

1705-1737

Edison telephone peg switchboard and pegs, 1879

1879

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

London Brighton & South Coast Railway locomotive Boxhill

1880

Tailboard, North Eastern Railway

1880

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

Crossley telephone receiver, 1880

1880

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

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

1990-95

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

Model of a Montgolfier Balloon, 1783

First Public Demonstration of a Montgolfier Balloon, 4th June, 1783.

1783; 1914

Medal commemorating Luiz de Camoes

1880

Bronze medal presented to the Duke of Galliera for his munificence to the sick

1880

Four-coil Thomson astatic galvanometer

1880

Chislett's conical electro-magnetic machine, 1873

1880

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Analytical balance

1880

Full-page illustration of diving operations after the Tay Bridge disaster

1880

Bust on wooden base of Andrew Ross

1859; 1986

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50