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One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

1889

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Single-lens Cine Camera by Louis Le Prince

1888

The Demon Detective camera

1889

Locomotive tender no. 1002, Great Northern Railway

1893

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

The "Perfect Vise"

1890

Light-bulb, filament, carbon

About 1890

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

Kodak No 1 Camera

circa 1891

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

1990-95

1888-1971, medical scientist; inventor, American

Rife, Royal Raymond

1888 - 1971

1889-2006, electrical equipment manufacturer, British

General Electric Company Limited

1889 - 2006

Lancashire Boiler

1889

Model steam locomotive

1890

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Travelling tea case in leather case

1895

Marine thermometer by Negretti and Zambra

1890

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

1889

Set of 8 brass handled

1890

Rabbit in cabbage musical automaton

1890

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

1934

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

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

1705-1737

1892-1974, manufacturer of radios, televisions, batteries, white goods and computers, Philadelphia, America

Philco Corporation

1892 - 1974

Hertzian oscillator, 1890-1894

1890-1894

Iron borings coherer (Branly type), 1894

1894

1895-1980s, manufacturer of medicinal lozenges, England

Iron Jelloids Company Limited

1895

Wooden commemorative plaque, Thirsk 1892, North Eastern Railway

1892

Shand Mason horse-drawn steam fire engine

1889-1894

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

1580-1588; 1930

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Cupriferous sandstone from Schweinkopf

before 1889

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

1889

Three-wheeled motor car

1888

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

300 BCE; 1905-1915

1890-1932, manufacturer of gas engines, Ashton-under-Lyne, England

National Gas Engine Company

1890 - 1932

1888-1946, television engineer, entrepreneur, Scottish; British

Baird, John Logie

1888 - 1946

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

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

2050-1750 BCE

active 1928-1954, laboratory apparatus; laboratory instrument maker, London, England

Griffin and Tatlock Limited

1889 - 1999

1889-1926, camera and cinema equipment manufacturer, Dresden, Germany

Ernemann Werke

1889 - 1926

Dye Sample

circa 1890

Dye Sample

circa 1890