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Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

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

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

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

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

Wooden commemorative plaque, Thirsk 1892, North Eastern Railway

1892

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

1580-1588; 1930

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

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

2050-1750 BCE

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

Model of Henry Cavendish's Torsion Balance Gravitational Apparatus, 1798

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

Reynaud's Praxinoscope Theatre

1879 (1956)

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

2000-1001 BCE

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Shoehorn made from Rescued Brass from Thirsk Disaster

1892

Oval badge

1891

Glass-stoppered bottle containing uranium

1801-1892 (prepared); 1946 (element replaced)

Forth Bridge Railway Co. rivet from Forth Bridge

1888; 1984

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

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

Snow plough, North Eastern Railway

1891

Model of Mud House

6000-5000BCE

Early Linotype composing machine, 1892

1892

Rigged model of the "Cutty Sark"

1900-1933 (model); 1869 (original)

Working model of Hero's Aeolipile

100-1 BCE; 1501-1600; 1914

Burial mask of Agamemnon, Greek, c. 1550 BCE

1600-1500 BCE (original); 1900-1914 (copy)

Letter written by Dr Neill Cream while in police custody, England, 1892

1892

Replica Bavarian reckoning cloth, German, 16th century.

1501-1600; 1972

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Model of submersible 'Turtle'

1976; 1776

Model of an Egyptian boat in XII Dynasty Tomb

1991-1783 BCE

Vertical Steam Engine, 1891

1891

1892-present (2008), electric company, American

General Electric

1892

Samples of crystals used in the development of ASDIC transducers, 1917-1918

1917-918

Model of an Assyrian kelek or raft of inflated ox-hides, one of three models of Babylonian vessels of skin

700 BCE; 1931

Model of a Montgolfier Balloon, 1783

First Public Demonstration of a Montgolfier Balloon, 4th June, 1783.

1783; 1914