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Travelling tea case in leather case

1895

Enamel notice, Dinorwic Quarries Railway

1895

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Coherer with coarse brass turnings, 1894

1894

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

1894

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Brake van, London & South Western Railway

1894

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

1934

model stockton & darlington railway coach "experiment"

1895

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

1705-1737

Iron borings coherer (Branly type), 1894

1894

Iron borings coherer (Branly type), 1894

1894

Presentation scissors, SS Vienna

1894

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Glass-stoppered bottle containing uranium

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

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

1894

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Troncet's 'Totalisateur', with pencil stylus and case

circa 1895

Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill

1730; 1967

Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements

1972-3

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

2500 BCE

Amulet, metal, coin with head of Queen Victoria and coat of arms

1894

Wooden casing and capping for electrical cables

1895

Brass saccharometer by R.B. Bate

1915-1825

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

1990-95

Wooden casing and capping for electrical cables

1895

Uterine probe

1901-950

Vulcanite cigar holder with amber mouthpiece

1894-1895

Viscose sponge. Forerunner of spontex. 1895(?)

1895

Bobbin(?) in light brown solid viscose.

1895

Lever watch in pair case with crank roller

1800-1830

Cylinder watch in case with thin horizontal movement

1801-1850

Lever watch in case

1800-1830

Fay Sholes typewriter

circa 1894

Bust on wooden base of Andrew Ross

1859; 1986

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

John Weiss & Son

1894

Admission ticket. Opening of the Tower Bridge

1894

Graphic typewriter by C.F. Kindermann Company

1895

Concave Rowland diffraction grating on speculum metal

1894

Photograph of exploding meteor, in frame.

1895

Moving coil voltmeter

1894

Crompton cable-vulcanizing T.box

1894