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Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Ribbon loom with jacquard head

circa 1900

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Mystery watch by Armand Schwob & Frère

1900

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Model of fog signal machine and repeater

1900

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Morse tape on which signals were recorded by means of a coherer, 1900

1900

Brass worksplate no 1517, Manning Wardle & Co

1900

Dining Car number 76, London & North Western Railway

1900

Felt and Tarrant Comptometer, 1887.

circa 1900

Replica of a hobby-horse cycle

circa 1900

Glass-stoppered bottle containing uranium

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

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Braiding Machine

circa 1900

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

1934

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Ceramic tile map of North Eastern Railway

circa 1900

Yarn Balance

circa 1900

Casket presented to Francis William Webb

1899

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

1705-1737

Plaque for cot, Great Ormond Street Hospital

1900

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

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)

Kodak Brownie Box Camera

1900

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Alembic and cucurbit in blue glass, Isfahan, Iran

1900

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

Grass Edge Trimmer

circa 1900

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

1901-1936; 180 BCE

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

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

Telescopic levelling staff

1900

Traveller's pocket instrument

1951-1900

Wind wheel

1900

Copper pourer, c.1900.

1900

Assmann balloon thermoscope

1900

Copper pourer, c.1900.

1900

NER album

1900

Wooden lunch box

circa 1900

Reflecting hand lanternscope

c.1900

The Staley-Wheeler Convertible Telephoto Lens

1900-1950

Pit pony hoof and shoe

circa 1900

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