One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889
1889
Model of the "Planet" Locomotive
1830 (original); 1967 (model)
Small printing forme representing Linotype set matter
1886
Single-lens Cine Camera by Louis Le Prince
1888
Model Draw Door Weir, 1872
1872 (original); 1909 (model)
Scutcher, made by Platt Brothers & Co. Ltd
1889
The Demon Detective camera
1889
Novelty model
1955; 1830
Copper ore from the Bell Mine
before 1889
Arsenical cobalt or skutterudite, from Skutterude, near Modum, Norway
before 1889
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
Wise's Patent Train Staff
1886
Model ground signal, North London Railway
1888
Great Western Railway splasher plate
1889
Tank wagon, North Eastern Railway - Shell-Mex and BP Ltd
1889
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, 1934
1934
Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1st Class carriage 'Traveller'
1930 (replica); 1834 (original)
Cupriferous sandstone from Schweinkopf
before 1889
Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888
1888
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera
1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)
Spark gap or knob coherer, 1889
1889
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois
1925; 1862
Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936
1936
Rigged model of the "Cutty Sark"
1900-1933 (model); 1869 (original)
Mousetrap Camera
1834-1836
Lancashire Boiler
1889
Crossley Horizontal Single-cylinder Engine
1886
Faraday's Disc Electrical Generator
1889
Whitworth Measuring Machine
1889
Bessemer steel rail section tested for the Great Northern Railway Company
before 1889
Lock stitch sewing machine head with step feed for sewing leather or other heavy work
1888
Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica
circa 3000 BCE
Reversible axe on adze, green stone blade, North Papua (Astrolabe Bay)
2000 BCE
Copper medal
1888
Plaster model of tomb plaque
100 BCE-300 CE; 1890-1920
Specimen of steel produced by the Basic or Thomas-Gilchrist process
1887
Bar-lock typewriter 1889
1889
Alabaster mortar
2000-1350
Amulet showing Anubis
4000-30 BCE
Axe head shaped flint
10000-5000 BCE
Three flint knives and part of a trepanned skull, 10000-5000 BC.
10000-500 BCE
Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements
1972-3
Small stone scarab pierced longitudinally with flat base engraved with design of standing harpist and seated figure
2000-1000