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Scutcher, made by Platt Brothers & Co. Ltd

1889

Model steam locomotive

1890

Model ground signal, North London Railway

1888

model steam locomotive

1890

Light-bulb, filament, carbon

About 1890

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Marine thermometer by Negretti and Zambra

1890

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Novelty model

1955; 1830

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

1889

Dye Sample

circa 1890

Dye Sample

circa 1890

Dye Sample

circa 1890

Sample of Acid Yellow Dye

circa 1890

Copper ore from the Bell Mine

before 1889

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

before 1889

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

model ner tennant locomotive

1890

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Set of 8 brass handled

1890

Great Western Railway splasher plate

1889

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

1889

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

1934

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

1705-1737

Spark gap or knob coherer, 1889

1889

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

1889

Dye Sample

circa 1890

Dye Sample

circa 1890

Dye Sample

circa 1890

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

1889

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Cupriferous sandstone from Schweinkopf

before 1889

Cobalt ore from New Caledonia

before 1889

Postcard of Dovercourt Gardens

1890s

Dye Sample

circa 1890

Dye Sample

circa 1890

Kodak No. 2 Camera, 1889

1889

Automatic lock stitch button-hole sewing machine by Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing Co.

1890

Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill

1730; 1967

Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements

1972-3

Plano-convex brick, Ubaid, Iraq, c 2500 BC.

2500 BCE

Carbon filament lamp

1890

Ediswan 100V 8CP carbon filament lamp

1890