Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Cooke and Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

Cooke and Wheatstone double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Plaster model of the lunar surface

1844

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

1705-1737

Copy of the Receiver and Alarm Call of Schilling's Electric Telegraph, 1870-1877

1870-1877

Two lancets in a patterned silver case

1844

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Silhouette of boy

1844-02-10

May - Study No 167

1870-10

Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill

1730; 1967

Lorina, Edith and Alice Liddel

1872-08

Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements

1972-3

Plano-convex brick, Ubaid, Iraq, c 2500 BC.

2500 BCE

Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promote general good health

1880-120

Wood tobacco pipe

1860-1820

Oesophageal forceps Durham's

1871-1830

Brass saccharometer by R.B. Bate

1915-1825

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

1990-95

Uterine probe

1901-950

Lever watch in pair case with crank roller

1800-1830

Lever watch in case

1800-1830

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

Inspector's stamp with 'K' above '4', used in Kesteven, Lincolnshire

1844

Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination

3000-1500

copy of a gold cup.

3000-2000 BCE

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

The Shakespere Cliffe, and Tunnel

1844

Reversible axe on adze, green stone blade, North Papua (Astrolabe Bay)

2000 BCE

Copper prize medal

1844

Jump sector

1844

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Chess players

circa 1844

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

Bronze(?) medal, prize(?), instigated by Dr. Ferra

1844

Circular silver medal

1844

Circular glazed medal with silver rim and loop

1844

Andre-Marie Ampere

1825; 1910