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Silver medal, commemorates the International Health Exhibition

1884

Small printing forme representing Linotype set matter

1886

Edison telephone, 1879

1879

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

1879

Crossley table telephone, 1879

1879

Model steam locomotive

1882

Wise's Patent Train Staff

1886

Model steam locomotive, North Eastern Railway

1884

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Model vertical cylinder fire engine

circa 1885

Rover 'Safety' Bicycle, 1885

1885

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

circa 1880

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

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

circa 1885

Fairlie steam locomotive model

1879

Brass worksplate no 917, Manning Wardle & Co

1884

Curved bottom polishing iron, c.1880

1880

Lowdown Suite W.C. pedestal and tank

1882

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

1705-1737

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

Crossley telephone receiver, 1880

1880

Jones 50-line switchboard, 1879.

1879

Edison telephone peg switchboard and pegs, 1879

1879

Spagnoletti intermediate signalling instrument

1885

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Set of wheels from Blenkinsop Railway locomotive

1880

London Brighton & South Coast Railway locomotive Boxhill

1880

Bezel wind wrist watch, c.1880

circa 1880

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Edison's electric carbon filament lamp

1879

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Plaster model of a human eye, France, 1884

1884

Saw bench

1879

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

1934

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Lancashire Loom

circa 1880

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Tailboard, North Eastern Railway

1880

Crompton 6" voltmeter no.179- c.1882, 0 - 300v.

circa 1882

Automatic switch

1885

Vertical contact switch, 1886

1886

Crompton solenoid operated lightning arrestor

1885

Turnswitch with fuse (wire), c.1886 [lacks cover]

1886

Siemens electro-dynamometer, c.1882

1882

Axe head shaped flint

10000-5000 BCE