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Rover 'Safety' Bicycle, 1885

1885

Wise's Patent Train Staff

1886

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

circa 1885

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Small printing forme representing Linotype set matter

1886

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Model vertical cylinder fire engine

circa 1885

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Spagnoletti intermediate signalling instrument

1885

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

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

1934

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

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

1705-1737

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Copy of a bloodletting measuring device, England, 1977

1977; 1204-1206

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

1990-95

Crossley Horizontal Single-cylinder Engine

1886

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

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

2050-1750 BCE

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

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

Reynaud's Praxinoscope Theatre

1879 (1956)

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

Plans (9) of no. 249 S.S. "Lee Sang"

1885

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Pottery vase found at Nihawnad, Persia

3000 BCE

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Persian pottery measure

circa 3000 BCE

Persian pottery measure

circa 3000 BCE

Andean Railway medal: Mendoza Exhibition

1885

One of two Sumerian solid cylindrical weights

circa 2000 BCE

Replica of Roman equal-arm balance, from Pompeii, 79 AD

1-79 CE; before 1914

Poncelet's Water Wheel, 1824

1824 (original); 1891 (model)

Great Western Railway "Cornishman" Express Train, hauled by 4-4-2 No. 3046 "Lord of the Isles"

1899/12

Great Western Railway "Cornishman" Express Train, hauled by 4-4-2 No. 3046 "Lord of the Isles".

1899/12

Silver medal

1886

Bronze medal to commemorate the 100th birthday of M.E. Cheureul

1886

Bronze medal to commemorate Maurice Roty

1886