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'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Diploma awarding honorary membership of the London Vaccine Institution, London, England, 1826

1826

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

model locomotion no 1

1825

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

model steam locomotive

1826

Liverpool & Manchester Railway Co. seal die

1826

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

model Stockton & Darlington Railway coach "Experiment"

1826

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

1705-1737

Mail guard watch by George Littlewort

1825

Engraved lancet case

1826

Lancets in silver case

1826

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

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

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

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

Machine for reproducing sculpture

1826

Hand loom for silk weaving with Jacquard machine

c.1825

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

Model of a Phoenician bireme ship

1845-1964

Burial mask of Agamemnon, Greek, c. 1550 BCE

1600-1500 BCE (original); 1900-1914 (copy)

Flymo Super Professional 47 rotary air cushion mower

Flymo Super Professional 47 rotary air cushion mower

1979-80

Revised Classification of Merchandise Traffic and Revised Schedule of Maximum Rates and Charges Applicable thereto, proposed to be charged by the Eastern and Midlands Railway Company

1889-02

Achromatic Microscope made for J J Lister

1826

London Vaccine Institution certificate, 1826.

1826

Jonathan Hull's 'A Description and Draught of a Newly-Invented Machine'

1850-1899

Reproduction of Joseph Priestley's oxygen apparatus

1774; 1923

Replica of apparatus used by Ohm to prove Ohm's Law

1826

Commemorative trowel used to lay the first stone of the Thames Tunnel

1825

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

2000-100 BCE

Henry Bell

1826

Walker's Railway Time Table, and Coach, Omnibus and Carriers' List

1883-01

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

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

1730; 1967

Photograph of Fern Leaf

1836-02

Lorina, Edith and Alice Liddel

1872-08

Observations on a General Iron Rail-way or Land Steam-Conveyance

1825

Samuel Clegg Steam Engine Model

1825

Model of Ggantija megalithic temple on the Maltese island of Gozo, 3000-2500 BC.

3000-2500 BCE

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

Frederick W. Trench. A lithographic sketch of the North Bank of the Thames

1825

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

2000 BCE

Mr. Saml. Crompton, The Inventor of the Spinning Machine Called The Mule

1826