The Demon Detective camera
1889
Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera
1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889
1889
One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889
1889
Small printing forme representing Linotype set matter
1886
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835
1934
Wise's Patent Train Staff
1886
Model ground signal, North London Railway
1888
Novelty model
1955; 1830
Model of Robert Duncan's screw propeller, with stern frame and rudder, as fitted to the Egyptian government yacht 'Sareea
1886-1887
One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889
1889
Single-lens Cine Camera by Louis Le Prince
1888
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Model Draw Door Weir, 1872
1872 (original); 1909 (model)
Scutcher, made by Platt Brothers & Co. Ltd
1889
Moldacot pocket sewing machine, 1887.
1886-1887
Copper ore from the Bell Mine
before 1889
Arsenical cobalt or skutterudite, from Skutterude, near Modum, Norway
before 1889
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Great Western Railway splasher plate
1889
Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888
1888
Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, 1934
1934
Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1st Class carriage 'Traveller'
1930 (replica); 1834 (original)
'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century
1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)
Tank wagon, North Eastern Railway - Shell-Mex and BP Ltd
1889
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Spark gap or knob coherer, 1889
1889
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Model of the "Planet" Locomotive
1830 (original); 1967 (model)
Cupriferous sandstone from Schweinkopf
before 1889
Lancashire Boiler
1889
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
Reynaud's Praxinoscope Theatre
1879 (1956)
Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430
1960-1979
Burial mask of Agamemnon, Greek, c. 1550 BCE
1600-1500 BCE (original); 1900-1914 (copy)
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
Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois
1925; 1862
Flymo Super Professional 47 rotary air cushion mower
1979-80
One of three small printing formes representing various phases of Linotype set matter
1886
Roman Coin of Tiberius
30 CE
Roman Coin of Tiberius
30 CE