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Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

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

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Ring transformer, 1892

1892

Shoehorn made from Rescued Brass from Thirsk Disaster

1892

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Glass-stoppered bottle containing uranium

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

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Ottawa & Gatineau Valley Railway commemorative salver

1893

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

1934

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Locomotive tender no. 1002, Great Northern Railway

1893

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

1705-1737

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

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

1990-95

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

1892

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

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

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

Whole rigged model of the clipper ship 'Stonehouse'

1866 (original) 1871 (model); 1906 (rigging modified)

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

Illuminated address to John Dent Esq

1893

Copy of forceps made from an Egyptian sculpture, Kom-Ombos, Egypt, 1901-1936

1901-1936; 180 BCE

Poster for 'Pantomimes Lumineuses'

1892

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

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

Dines portable anemometer, for use at sea, 1892

1892

Glass-stoppered bottle containing vanadium

1801-1892 (prepared); 1926 (element replaced)

Glass-stoppered bottle containing bromine

1801-1892 (prepared); 1926 (element replaced)

Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination

3000-1500

Photograph of positive electrical discharge

1892

Stone slab with seven holes for cosmetic ointments, Egypt, 1991-1786 BCE

1991-1786 BCE

Twelve German jetons, 16th century.

1501-1600; 1978

Simple aquatic microscope, with box-foot stand

1795-1805

Photograph, albumen. Christchurch, Ebbw Vale

1893

Whole model of the screw tug 'Victor'

1884-1885; 1919

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

1900-1933

Constructional model, of a Harwich sailing barge, with port side planking from turn of bilge to just under the sheer strake removed

1893

Broken fragment of terracotta possibly lamp

30-300

Copy of a bloodletting measuring device, England, 1977

1977; 1204-1206

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

2500 BCE

Lever watch in pair case with crank roller

1800-1830

Lever watch in case

1800-1830

Small Stone Age

8500-2000 BCE

Flint hand tool, side-scraper, made in the Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE

Flint hand tool, side-scraper, made in the Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE

Flint hand tool

8500-2000 BCE

Flint hand tool, core-type, Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE