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Edison telephone, 1879

1879

Edison's electric carbon filament lamp

1879

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

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

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Gold watch with tourbillon by Girard Perregaux

1879

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

Crossley table telephone, 1879

1879

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Fairlie steam locomotive model

1879

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Set of wheels from Blenkinsop Railway locomotive

1880

Bezel wind wrist watch, c.1880

circa 1880

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Tailboard, North Eastern Railway

1880

Child's Ordinary bicycle (c. 1880)

circa 1880

Jones 50-line switchboard, 1879.

1879

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

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

1934

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Saw bench

1879

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

London Brighton & South Coast Railway locomotive Boxhill

1880

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

1705-1737

Crossley telephone receiver, 1880

1880

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Edison telephone peg switchboard and pegs, 1879

1879

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Lancashire Loom

circa 1880

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

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

1990-95

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Sector type shutter

1879

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

2050-1750 BCE

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

Reynaud's Praxinoscope Theatre

1879 (1956)

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

Model of an Assyrian kelek or raft of inflated ox-hides, one of three models of Babylonian vessels of skin

700 BCE; 1931

Model of Mud House

6000-5000BCE

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

Burial mask of Agamemnon, Greek, c. 1550 BCE

1600-1500 BCE (original); 1900-1914 (copy)

Flymo Super Professional 47 rotary air cushion mower

Flymo Super Professional 47 rotary air cushion mower

1979-80

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE