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Cape Government locomotive and tender 4-8-0, 1896

1896

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Bersey Electric Taxi Cab

1897

London & South Western Railway pathway notice

1896

Thornton-Pickard Amber camera

circa 1897

Novelty model

1955; 1830

model crane - little elephant

1896

A T & T national telephone directory, October 1896

1896

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Portrait of the Reverand Henry Nelthropp MA, FSA (1820 – 1901)

1896

English lever escapement watch with Karrusel by S Smith and Son

1897

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Hank Winding Machine

1897

Tiled mural, North Staffordshire Railway

1897

Model twin-screw steamship 'Kirkham', Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway

1896

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Brake composite/observation saloon

1897

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

1705-1737

Glass-stoppered bottle containing uranium

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

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

1934

Portrait bust of Lord Kelvin, 1896

1896

Underwood 1 Typewriter, 1897

1897

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Great Western Railway locomotive headlamp

1897

Great Western Railway locomotive headlamp

1897

Block instrument (lock and block)

1897

Stained glass panel from Gorton Works

1897

Stained glass panel from Gorton Works

1897

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Carding Engine

1896

Section of cross-Channel telephone cable, 1897

1897

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Drawing of James Watt's Pumping Engine 1788

1897

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

2050-1750 BCE

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

1990-95

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

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

Reynaud's Praxinoscope Theatre

1879 (1956)

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

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Gramophone by HMV, 1897

1897

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

Early x plates of Lord Kelvin and Lord Salisbury's hand

circa 1896

X-ray installation

1896-1897

ephemera. 3 items. Photomechanical process: British Association for the Advancement of Science

1896