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Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Brass worksplate no 917, Manning Wardle & Co

1884

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Model steam locomotive

1882

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Model steam locomotive, North Eastern Railway

1884

Rudge 'ordinary' or 'penny farthing' bicycle

1884

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1934

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

Watch by Sir John Bennett

1884

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

Parsons' steam turbine generator, 1884

1884

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

1990-95

Gower-Bell telephone, 1881

1881

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Replica of Lightning Conductor by Benjamin Franklin, United States, 1730-1760

1730-1760 (original); 1931-1939 (replica)

Whole rigged model of the clipper ship 'Stonehouse'

1866 (original) 1871 (model); 1906 (rigging modified)

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

Haematite crystals in slag

1884

The Tissandier 'La France' airship, 1883.

1883

Photograph of the Great Nebula in Orion, 1883

1883

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

J R Gaunt and Son Limited

1884 - 1991

Khedive's Egyptian star

1882

Copy of forceps made from an Egyptian sculpture, Kom-Ombos, Egypt, 1901-1936

1901-1936; 180 BCE

Model of Henry Cavendish's Torsion Balance Gravitational Apparatus, 1798

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

Aneroid barometer by Kruss, 1884.

1884

Kew pattern unifilar magnetometer

1883

Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination

3000-1500

Lithograph in colour

1882

Colour lithograph of Saturn

1882

Colour lithograph of Jupiter

1882

Marey's Camera for Chronophotography

1882

Stone slab with seven holes for cosmetic ointments, Egypt, 1991-1786 BCE

1991-1786 BCE

Eight sky sketches by William Ascroft

1884

Ten sky sketches by William Ascroft

1884

Ten sky sketches by William Ascroft

1884

Nine sky sketches by William Ascroft 1883

1884

Flint Knife and Scraper, Stone Age

8500-2000 BCE

Twelve German jetons, 16th century.

1501-1600; 1978

Simple aquatic microscope, with box-foot stand

1795-1805

Sky Sketches, illustrating optical phenomena ...

1883