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Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

The Demon Detective camera

1889

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Single-lens Cine Camera by Louis Le Prince

1888

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

1889

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

1889

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Mains cable from power stations in London, around 1890

1890

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Model ground signal, North London Railway

1888

model steam locomotive

1890

Scutcher, made by Platt Brothers & Co. Ltd

1889

Model steam locomotive

1890

Light-bulb, filament, carbon

About 1890

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Copper ore from the Bell Mine

before 1889

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

before 1889

Dye Sample

circa 1890

Dye Sample

circa 1890

Dye Sample

circa 1890

Sample of Acid Yellow Dye

circa 1890

Marine thermometer by Negretti and Zambra

1890

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

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

1889

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Set of 8 brass handled

1890

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Cupriferous sandstone from Schweinkopf

before 1889

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

model ner tennant locomotive

1890

Great Western Railway splasher plate

1889

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Dye Sample

circa 1890

Dye Sample

circa 1890

Dye Sample

circa 1890

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

1889

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

1705-1737

Spark gap or knob coherer, 1889

1889

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1934

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

1990-95

Rabbit in cabbage musical automaton

1890

Mains Cable used in the Deptford Safety Test

1889

Lancashire Boiler

1889

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

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