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Schwann's microscope (no case)

1835

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

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

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Slotting machine

1835

Charles Green Aeronaut

1836

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

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

1705-1737

Insulators used for Morse's telegraph, 1835

1835

Type used for original Morse telegraph, 1835

1835

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

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

1870-1877

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

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

1990-95

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

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

2050-1750 BCE

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

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 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

Thirty Oboli coin of the Ionian Islands

1834

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Five cent coin of the United States of America

1836

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Revolving mirror and gear-box drive used by Wheatstone

1834

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Coloured lithograph. Aeriel voyagers

1835

Watercolour, "View of the glass works of T.W. Dyott at Kensington on the Delaware nr. Philadelphia

1836

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

Engraved headpiece of a Sun Fire Insurance Certificate

1835

Etching: Operating lantern slide equipment

1836

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

Calico printing

circa 1834

Carding, drawing and roving

circa 1834

Swainson Birley Mill

circa 1834

Power loom weaving

circa 1834

Receipt with letter heading. Robert Fortune

1835