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Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Thornton-Pickard Amber camera

circa 1897

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

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

1896

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Hank Winding Machine

1897

London & South Western Railway pathway notice

1896

model crane - little elephant

1896

A T & T national telephone directory, October 1896

1896

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

1896

Novelty model

1955; 1830

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)

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Brake composite/observation saloon

1897

Block instrument (lock and block)

1897

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Section of cross-Channel telephone cable, 1897

1897

Glass-stoppered bottle containing uranium

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

Portrait bust of Lord Kelvin, 1896

1896

Underwood 1 Typewriter, 1897

1897

Carding Engine

1896

Great Western Railway locomotive headlamp

1897

Tiled mural, North Staffordshire Railway

1897

Great Western Railway locomotive headlamp

1897

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

1896

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Stained glass panel from Gorton Works

1897

Stained glass panel from Gorton Works

1897

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

1705-1737

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1934

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

1990-95

Holden's 4 cylinder direct drive motor bicycle

1897

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

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

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

Model Boat from Cyclades, 2800 BC

2800 BCE

Map, Railway Clearing House

1897

Bersey Electric Taxi Cab

1897

William Cudworth

1896

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

Steam locomotive 'Dean Goods', Great Western Railway

1897

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

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

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

2050-1750 BCE