Image
Category
Collection
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Object type
Place
Material
Date

Difference Engine No. 1

circa 1832

Rocket locomotive

1829

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Schwann's microscope (no case)

1835

Sans Pareil

1829

Huskisson Memorial

1831

Shutt End Colliery Railway steam locomotive 'Agenoria'

1829

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Set of sixty miniature heads used in phrenology

1831

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Copy of Thimonnier's chain-stitch sewing machine, 1830

1830

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

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

1990-95

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

'Royal Address of Cadwallader ap-Tudor ap-Edwards ap-Vaughan, Water-King of Southwark', print, London, England, 1832

1832

Oersted Compass Needle, 1828

1828

Slotting machine

1835

Entrance into Manchester across Water Street

1831

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

1705-1737

Phenakistoscope disc with handle

circa 1830s

Electrotype replica of a 16th-century mariner’s astrolabe

1580-1588; 1930

Ice-skate of about 1830, wood with metal runner

1830

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

The Demolition of Old London Bridge 26 January 1832

1832

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

1870-1877

Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

2050-1750 BCE

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Octant made of ebony and brass

1830-1835

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

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

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

2000-1001 BCE

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Glass display case containing various cosmetic devices from the 1700s, England, 1880-1930

1701-1800

Type used for original Morse telegraph, 1835

1835

Replica of William Sturgeon's rotary electromagnetic engine

1832

Replica of Lightning Conductor by Benjamin Franklin, United States, 1730-1760

1730-1760 (original); 1931-1939 (replica)

Chinese celestial globe, 1830

1830

Model of Mud House

6000-5000BCE

Working model of Hero's Aeolipile

100-1 BCE; 1501-1600; 1914

Reconstruction of Novelty Locomotive

1829

Drawing of Singhi Dalan in Rajmahal, Jharkhand, India

1856-11

Revolving mirror and gear-box drive used by Wheatstone

1834

Burial mask of Agamemnon, Greek, c. 1550 BCE

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