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Alcock and Brown's Vickers Vimy Biplane

1919

'Openshaw' artificial wooden hand

circa 1919

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Telephone crossbar switch, Swedish Ericsson, 1921

1921

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Working Model locomotive

1922

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

McKay artificial left arm

1920

Model of a pendulum clock based on Galileo's design

1921

Rolling ball clock by E. Dent and Co

1920

Wooden prosthetic hand with rigid fingers

circa 1920

Wrapping block

circa 1920

Brass worksplate, Manning Wardle & Co

1920

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Glass-stoppered bottle containing uranium

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

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

1934

Lap Scales

circa 1920

Brass worksplate no 1982, Manning Wardle & Co

1920

Locomotive worksplate

1920

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Steam Locomotive, number 901

1919

Oxygen cylinder used by climbers on 1953 Mount Everest expedition

1952-3

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Sectioned model steam locomotive boiler

circa 1920

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

British War medal - G.F.W. Keen

1920

Card of Authority to use portable receiver, 1922

1922

Amplifying valve type V24, 1920-1922

1920-1922

Ora wireless receiving triode, 1921

1921

Popular Wireless no. 1 vol. 1, 1922

1922

Model of Great Central Railway "Atlantic" Express Locomotive

1903 (original); 1982 (model)

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Rorschach Inkblot Test, Bern Switzerland, 1942

1921

Victory Medal, 1914-1919

1919

Whitaker Tunnelling Machine

1921

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

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

1990-95

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

Photographer's 'Birdie'

circa 1920

Medal for Henry le Chatelier

1921

Royal 10 typewriter

1920

Reynaud's Praxinoscope Theatre

1879 (1956)

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

1985-11

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