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Cotton Bale Breaker

1911

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

model tank locomotive

1912

Novelty model

1955; 1830

The Ivel Agricultural Tractor

1902; 1913-1920

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Helmet, Great Western Railway, Fireman

1912

Model of Chambers' Signal Interlocking Frame

c.1912

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Oxygen cylinder used by climbers on 1953 Mount Everest expedition

1952-3

Glass-stoppered bottle containing uranium

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

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

1934

Model of Woods' Vane Signal

c.1912

Model of Gregory's semaphore signal

c.1912

model twin-screw steamship rhyl

1911

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

1705-1737

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Model Great Northern Railway Centre-pivot Semaphore Signal

c.1912

Model of Great Central Railway "Atlantic" Express Locomotive

1903 (original); 1982 (model)

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Model of Brunel's Disc and Crossbar Signal

c.1912

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

Bell and Howell 2709 Model B 35mm cine camera

circa 1912

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

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

Audio cassette, 'Alf's Teeth' produced for British Rail Red Star parcels services

1985-11

BBC 'Bijou' Crystal Set Receiver Type 6

1923-07

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

Flymo Super Professional 47 rotary air cushion mower

Flymo Super Professional 47 rotary air cushion mower

1979-80

Bottle cork used by an old couple to prevent cramp, amuletic, Lovett collection, from Horsham, Sussex, English, 1911

Bottle cork used to prevent cramp

1911

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Microscope no.134973 by E. Leitz Wetzlar

1911

Bust on wooden base of Andrew Ross

1859; 1986

Glass positive:- Comet 1911 IV (Brooks)

1911

Carbon granule aid, double microphone, 1912.

1912

Experimental free edge cone diaphragm wire operator

1912

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

La Marseillaise de l'Aviation

1912