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Travelling tea case in leather case

1895

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Enamel notice, Dinorwic Quarries Railway

1895

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Coherer with coarse brass turnings, 1894

1894

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

model stockton & darlington railway coach "experiment"

1895

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Presentation scissors, SS Vienna

1894

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Glass-stoppered bottle containing uranium

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

Zither switch with open-wire multiple and two-motion ratchet drive, 1894

1894

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

1934

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Brake van, London & South Western Railway

1894

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

1705-1737

Flat steel-spring (or watch-spring) coherer, 1894

1894

Iron borings coherer (Branly type), 1894

1894

Iron borings coherer (Branly type), 1894

1894

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

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

1990-95

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Forth Bridge Railway Co. rivet from Forth Bridge

1888; 1984

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

2050-1750 BCE

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

Reynaud's Praxinoscope Theatre

1879 (1956)

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

Burial mask of Agamemnon, Greek, c. 1550 BCE

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

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 Mud House

6000-5000BCE

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

1894-c.1950s, scientific instrument and radio manufacturers, Croydon, England

Gambrell Brothers Ltd.

1894 - 1959

Flymo Super Professional 47 rotary air cushion mower

Flymo Super Professional 47 rotary air cushion mower

1979-80

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Smee cell

1895

Fay Sholes typewriter

circa 1894

Great star cloud near Messier 11

1895

Bust on wooden base of Andrew Ross

1859; 1986

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

John Weiss & Son

1894

Photograph: 'Cellular kites 1894'

1894

Admission ticket. Opening of the Tower Bridge

1894