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Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

1889

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

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

1889

Copper ore from the Bell Mine

before 1889

Arsenical cobalt or skutterudite, from Skutterude, near Modum, Norway

before 1889

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Small printing forme representing Linotype set matter

1886

The Demon Detective camera

1889

Wise's Patent Train Staff

1886

Model ground signal, North London Railway

1888

Scutcher, made by Platt Brothers & Co. Ltd

1889

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Great Western Railway splasher plate

1889

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

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

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

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

1934

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

1889

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Cupriferous sandstone from Schweinkopf

before 1889

Spark gap or knob coherer, 1889

1889

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Single-lens Cine Camera by Louis Le Prince

1888

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

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

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Stirn's 'America' Detective Camera

1889

Photograph showing 4 different expressions

circa 1886

Surgical and dental instrument set

1889

Reproduction of Joseph Priestley's oxygen apparatus

1774; 1923

Coradi planimeter and map, 1886.

1886

Swan United Electric Light Co.cabron filament lamp without cap

circa 1887

Yarn Scale

1886

Engineering plan for Tower Bridge showing Tower Bridge Northern Abutment

1886

Engineering plan for Tower Bridge showing Outline arrangements of steam engines

1889

Engineering plan for Tower Bridge showing Details of jointing and riveting of girders at site

1889

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

Two Spools of Celluloid Made by Louis Le Prince and Case

1888-1889

Framed Photograph of Louis Le Prince and Eight Stills from his moving pictures

1888

Kilo-ampere balance (a) Box containing sliding weights

1888