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Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Small printing forme representing Linotype set matter

1886

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Wise's Patent Train Staff

1886

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Model of Robert Duncan's screw propeller, with stern frame and rudder, as fitted to the Egyptian government yacht 'Sareea

1886-1887

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

1705-1737

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1934

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

1990-95

Sixteen lens cine camera by Louis Le Prince

1886-1887

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

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

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

Model Boat from Cyclades, 2800 BC

2800 BCE

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

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

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

Model which represents the paddle steamers "Queen Victoria" and the ''Prince of Wales''

1887

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

2050-1750 BCE

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

Reynaud's Praxinoscope Theatre

1879 (1956)

Model of an Assyrian kelek or raft of inflated ox-hides, one of three models of Babylonian vessels of skin

700 BCE; 1931

Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

2000-1001 BCE

Coradi planimeter and map, 1886.

1886

Engineering plan for Tower Bridge showing Tower Bridge Northern Abutment

1886

Engineering plan for Tower Bridge showing Loads of West Wall of Gen. Steam Nav Co.s Warehouse at Ironsgate Stairs

1886

Graphophone record cylinder

1887

Demonstration ophthalmoscope presented by Dr. Ware

1886-1866

Silver lancet case, empty

1886

Brass saccharometer by R.B. Bate

1915-1825

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

1886

Vertical contact switch, 1886

1886

Uterine probe

1901-950

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