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Model of a pendulum clock based on Galileo's design

1921

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Oxygen cylinder used by climbers on 1953 Mount Everest expedition

1952-3

Brass worksplate, Manning Wardle & Co

1920

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Wooden prosthetic hand with rigid fingers

circa 1920

McKay artificial left arm

1920

Rorschach Inkblot Test, Bern Switzerland, 1942

1921

Telephone crossbar switch, Swedish Ericsson, 1921

1921

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Rolling ball clock by E. Dent and Co

1920

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Wrapping block

circa 1920

Brass worksplate no 1982, Manning Wardle & Co

1920

Locomotive worksplate

1920

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Glass-stoppered bottle containing uranium

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

Ora wireless receiving triode, 1921

1921

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

1934

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Sectioned model steam locomotive boiler

circa 1920

British War medal - G.F.W. Keen

1920

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Lap Scales

circa 1920

Model of Great Central Railway "Atlantic" Express Locomotive

1903 (original); 1982 (model)

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

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

The up and down lines

1920

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

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

Intelligence test, Chicago, United States, 1915-1925

circa 1920

Fairy Offering Flowers To Iris

1920-08

Photographer's 'Birdie'

circa 1920

Reynaud's Praxinoscope Theatre

1879 (1956)

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

BBC 'Bijou' Crystal Set Receiver Type 6

1923-07

Newspaper clipping of William Friese-Greene's funeral

14 May 1921

Album of press cuttings about the death of William Friese-Greene in 1921

circa 1921

Electric washing machine made by Beatty Brothers Ltd

circa 1920

Faber-Castell Slide Rule

1920

Horace Dall seated

circa 1920

Gold amulet in the form of Duamutef, Egypt, 2000-100 BCE

2000-100 BCE

Daily Herald Photograph: Cotton workers leaving a Salford Mill

1936-12

Soldiers pushing a car up a hill

1934-05

Car driving up a hill past spectators

1934-05

Photograph of advertising stunt for 'He Who Gets Slapped'

1920s

Costumed Riders Advertising Film 'Romola'

1920s