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Rover 'Safety' Bicycle, 1885

1885

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

circa 1885

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Small printing forme representing Linotype set matter

1886

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

Model vertical cylinder fire engine

circa 1885

Wise's Patent Train Staff

1886

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

Spagnoletti intermediate signalling instrument

1885

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

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

1885

Photograph showing 4 different expressions

circa 1886

Coradi planimeter and map, 1886.

1886

Fletcher & Co. gas cooker

circa 1885

Rocking microtome, Cambridge, England, 1885

1885

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

Silver lancet case, empty

1886

Brass saccharometer by R.B. Bate

1915-1825

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

1990-95

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

1886

Electric light switch, 1885

1885

Voltmeter

1885

Vertical contact switch, 1886

1886

Crompton solenoid operated lightning arrestor

1885

Uterine probe

1901-950

Automatic switch

1885

Terracotta statue of William Harvey

1886

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

Specimen bottle of conii folia

1885

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

Receipt with letter heading

1885

Gold leaf electrometer with sliding condenser

1886

Kew standard mercury in glass thermometer

1885