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Edison telephone, 1879

1879

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Rover 'Safety' Bicycle, 1885

1885

Set of wheels from Blenkinsop Railway locomotive

1880

Brass worksplate no 917, Manning Wardle & Co

1884

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Parsons' steam turbine generator, 1884

1884

Crossley table telephone, 1879

1879

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Gold watch with tourbillon by Girard Perregaux

1879

Enamel watch depicting the Virgin and Child

1880

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Model steam locomotive, North Eastern Railway

1884

Model steam locomotive

1882

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

circa 1885

Fairlie steam locomotive model

1879

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Tailboard, North Eastern Railway

1880

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Child's Ordinary bicycle (c. 1880)

circa 1880

Rudge 'ordinary' or 'penny farthing' bicycle

1884

Spagnoletti intermediate signalling instrument

1885

Lancashire Loom

circa 1880

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

1934

Jones 50-line switchboard, 1879.

1879

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

London Brighton & South Coast Railway locomotive Boxhill

1880

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

Crossley telephone receiver, 1880

1880

Watch by Sir John Bennett

1884

Photograph of Karl Benz

circa 1885

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

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

Midland Railway composite carriage

1885

Photograph of the Great Nebula in Orion, 1883

1883

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Our National Church the Aegis of Liberty, Equality, Fraternity

1883

Edison's electric carbon filament lamp

1879

1884-1991, button, badge and medal makers, Birmingham

J R Gaunt and Son Limited

1884 - 1991

Model of a Montgolfier Balloon, 1783

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

1783; 1914

Silver medal struck by the Department of the Seine

1880