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Date

Model steam locomotive

1882

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

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Lowdown Suite W.C. pedestal and tank

1882

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

1934

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

1705-1737

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Scanning drum from LB Atkinson's Telectroscope

1882

Carte de visite of Ethel Friese-Greene and her cousin

circa 1881

Walker's Railway Time Table, and Coach, Omnibus and Carriers' List

1883-01

Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill

1730; 1967

Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements

1972-3

Plano-convex brick, Ubaid, Iraq, c 2500 BC.

2500 BCE

Telephone receiver 1881

1881

Brass saccharometer by R.B. Bate

1915-1825

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

1990-95

Hydrometer set in wooden case by J.F. Van Deene

1882, 1899

Siemens electro-dynamometer, c.1882

1882

Uterine probe

1901-950

Experimental Watt hour meter

1882

Lever watch in pair case with crank roller

1800-1830

Cylinder watch in case with thin horizontal movement

1801-1850

Lever watch in case

1800-1830

Bust on wooden base of Andrew Ross

1859; 1986

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

diffraction grating on speculum metal, gra

1881

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

circa 1882

Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination

3000-1500

copy of a gold cup.

3000-2000 BCE

Vacuum tube used in an unrecorded experiment on cathode rays from a sphere of aluminium

1881

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

Lucas King of the Road cycle oil lamp, c. 1882

circa 1882

Reversible axe on adze, green stone blade, North Papua (Astrolabe Bay)

2000 BCE

Bronze prize medal awarded by Vienna Academy of Medicine and Surgery

1832-1850

Gilt bronze medal presented for services in a cholera epidemic

1882

Bronze prize medal awarded to Mr Renault

1882

Silver plated bronze medal

1882

Medal commemorating Paul Bert

1881

Medal, bronze, commemorates Lieut. General van der Heijden

1881