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Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

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

1837

Schwann's microscope (no case)

1835

Specimen of First Telegraph Line, 1837

1837

Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway, composite 1st & 2nd class railway carriage

1834

Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway 2nd Class railway carriage, 1834

1834

Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway 3rd Class open railway carriage, 1834

1834

Bishop Auckland & Weardale Railway seal die

1837

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

London & Birmingham Railway clock

1837

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Slotting machine

1835

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Machine used for covering wires with silk and cotton, 1837

1837

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Silver lancet case, empty

1833

Charles Green Aeronaut

1836

model passenger locomotive 1837

1837

Winding Engine, Stanhope & Tyne Railway

1833

Type used for original Morse telegraph, 1835

1835

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Insulators used for Morse's telegraph, 1835

1835

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

1705-1737

Cooke and Wheatstone 5-needle telegraph, 1837

1837

Section of first telegraph cable, 1837

1837

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

1870-1877

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

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

1990-95

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

Massey's patent, frictionless ocean depth sounder

1836

Drawing of Singhi Dalan in Rajmahal, Jharkhand, India

1856-11

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

Model of a Montgolfier Balloon, 1783

First Public Demonstration of a Montgolfier Balloon, 4th June, 1783.

1783; 1914

Circular bronze medal

1834

Medal commemorates recovery from illness of the Prince of Orange

1835

Bronze medal commemorating the erection of a statue to the Virgin Mary in grateful thanks

1836

Circular bronze medal

1834

Silver bronze medal commemorating 50th anniversary of work of I.B. Trommsdorff

1834

Medal commemorating Antonio Trasmondi

1834

Medal commemorating Antonio Trasmondi

1834-1835

Bronze medal to commemorate C.W. Hufeland

1833

Medal, bronze, issued to those who helped during the Asiatic cholera epidemic in Italy in 1837

1837

Circular bronze medal

1834

Bronze medal by Ludvig Persson Lundgren

1835

Going to Hobby Fair

1835