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Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Single-lens Cine Camera by Louis Le Prince

1888

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Small printing forme representing Linotype set matter

1886

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862
active 1887 -1920s?, manufacturer of leather goods, picnic baskets and silver, London, ENgland

Drew and Sons

1887 - 1935

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

1990-95
1888-1971, medical scientist; inventor, American

Rife, Royal Raymond

1888 - 1971

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Moldacot pocket sewing machine, 1887.

1886-1887

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

1934

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

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

1705-1737

Electrotype replica of a 16th-century mariner’s astrolabe

1580-1588; 1930
Original Tesla Induction Motor presented by Tesla to Prof. Ayrton

Original Tesla induction motor, 1887-1888.

1887-1888

Wise's Patent Train Staff

1886

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Three-wheeled motor car

1888

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

300 BCE; 1905-1915
1888-1946, television engineer, entrepreneur, Scottish; British

Baird, John Logie

1888 - 1946

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

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

2050-1750 BCE

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936
active 1888-1971, manufacturing chemist, Nottingham

Boots Pure Drug Company Limited

1888 - 1971

Crookes' spiral periodic system

1888

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

Sixteen lens cine camera by Louis Le Prince

1886-1887
1888-1981, scientific instrument, optics, camera and cinema projector manufacturer, Leeds

A. Kershaw and Sons Limited

1888

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

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

Reynaud's Praxinoscope Theatre

1879 (1956)
active 1888-1920s, electrical measuring instruments (light meters etc), New Jersey, United States

Weston Electrical Instrument Company

1888
1886-1926, optical instrument and camera manufacturer, Berlin

C P Goerz

1886 - 1926

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

2000-1001 BCE

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

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

1886-1887

Wallis, Barnes Neville

1887 - 1979

Forth Bridge Railway Co. rivet from Forth Bridge

1888; 1984

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

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

Model of Mud House

6000-5000BCE

Rigged model of the "Cutty Sark"

1900-1933 (model); 1869 (original)

Working model of Hero's Aeolipile

100-1 BCE; 1501-1600; 1914
active 1888-1930s, printer, Harrow; London

David Allen and Sons Limited

1888 - 1939

Burial mask of Agamemnon, Greek, c. 1550 BCE

1600-1500 BCE (original); 1900-1914 (copy)