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Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

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

1705-1737

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

1889

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Copper ore from the Bell Mine

before 1889

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

before 1889

Single-lens Cine Camera by Louis Le Prince

1888

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

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Model ground signal, North London Railway

1888

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

1889

Scutcher, made by Platt Brothers & Co. Ltd

1889

The Demon Detective camera

1889

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Great Western Railway splasher plate

1889

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Tank wagon, North Eastern Railway - Shell-Mex and BP Ltd

1889

Cupriferous sandstone from Schweinkopf

before 1889

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

1889

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

1934

Spark gap or knob coherer, 1889

1889

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

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

2050-1750 BCE

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

1990-95

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

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

Rigged model of the "Cutty Sark"

1900-1933 (model); 1869 (original)

Three-wheeled motor car

1888

Lancashire Boiler

1889

Reynaud's Praxinoscope Theatre

1879 (1956)

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

1580-1588; 1930

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

2000-1001 BCE

Whole model of the screw tug 'Victor'

1884-1885; 1919

Copy of a cippus showing Horus, Egypt, 1900-1933

1900-1933

Model of H.M. Brigantine 'Dolphin'

1950-1977 (model); 1836 (original)

Model of submersible 'Turtle'

1976; 1776

Votive plaque with right ear in relief

400 BCE-100 CE; 1900-1936

Inscribed votive plaque with pair of arms in relief

100 BCE-100 CE; 1900-1936

Earthenware jug

2000-1350

Inscribed votive plaque with breast in relief

100 BCE-100 CE; 1900-1936