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Box for 'Trilene' tablets, Europe, 1801-1900

1801-1900

Rover 'Safety' Bicycle, 1885

1885

Difference Engine No. 1

circa 1832

Cubical polyhedral sundial

1751-1800

'Over London-by Rail', Engraving, London, England, 1872

1872

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Edison telephone, 1879

1879

Babbage's Analytical Engine, 1834-1871. (Trial model)

1871

Prototype of the Brougham carriage

1838

Snuff Box, England, 1771-1830

1771-1830

Model of the SS Oceanic (1899)

1899-1919

Earthenware Phrenological Bust

1860-1896

De Forest audion 1906-1915

1906-1915

One of the First Rechargeable Batteries, about 1860

1860

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

Skaife's Pistolgraph Camera

1858

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Furness Railway steam locomotive 'Coppernob' 0-4-0, No 3, 1846

1846

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

1791

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

1889

Strowger step-by-step automatic telephone exchange switch, 1897-1898

1897-1898

Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770

1770

Holmes' arc lamp from South Foreland Lighthouse, about 1860-80.

1860-1880

'Merman'

1801-1900

Model of Wright Flyer

1903

Great Northern Railway 4-2-2 locomotive Stirling Single

1870

Brennan's Gyroscopic Mono-rail Car

1907

Locomotion

1834-1836

The Great Exhibition Polka 1851

1851

Watt's end measuring machine

1776

Cut glass bottle with deeply incised decoration

1860-1900

Chromolithograph: Amalgamated Society of Engineers Machinists ... by Blades

1904

Brass amulet to protect the wearer from cholera, France, 1820-1880

1820-1880

Engraving: Watt's first experiment. Marcus Stone ARA pinxt; Herbert Bourne sculpt; published by Appleton & Co

1879

Lithograph, Chronological pictures of English History

1850-1859

Purse presented to George Hall esq

1853

Brass worksplate, Manning Wardle & Co

1920

Cast iron plaque from Queenstown Road Bridge, Battersea, London, 1865

1865

Silver model of the Eleanor Cross at Charing Cross Station

1867-1868

Remains of Little Eaton Gangway coal wagon, c 1798

1793-1803

Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849

1849

Model of a North Eastern Railway coal wagon, c 1915

1910-1920

Down Pipe from Maldon Witham & Braintree Railway

1846-1859

Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe

1854

Guard's handlamp, Great Northern Railway - Royal Train No.1

1870-1910

Brass worksplate no 517, Manning Wardle & Co

1875

Silver presentation whistle and chain, London & South Western Railway

1853

Brass worksplate no 917, Manning Wardle & Co

1884

Wagon owners plate, Shell-Mex & BP

1901

Seal die, Great North of England, Clarence & Hartlepool Junction Railway

1837