Image
Category
Collection
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Object type
Place
Material
Date

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Plaster model of the lunar surface

1844

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Thames Tunnel opening commemorative medal, 1843

1843

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Cooke's train signalling instrument of 1845, Norfolk Railway

1845

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Cooke and Wheatstone double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Cooke and Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845

1845

Single-needle block instrument

1845

Seal die, The Southampton & Dorchester Railway Company

1845

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

1705-1737

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

1870-1877

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Two lancets in a patterned silver case

1844

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

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

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

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

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

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

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

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Model of a Phoenician bireme ship

1845-1964

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

2000-100 BCE

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

1883-01

Grand Junction Railway locomotive 'Columbine'

1845

E.T. Bellhouse Hydraulic Pump

1845

The New Great Western Timetable

1844

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

1730; 1967

Lorina, Edith and Alice Liddel

1872-08

Silhouette of boy

1844-02-10

Six paper photographs by Robert Hunt

1844

All-Metal Camera Designed by Alexis Gaudin

circa 1845

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

Notebook P

1844-1845

Notebook Q

1844-1845

Elderly Woman

circa 1845

Jabez Hogg's Father

circa 1845

Manuscript diary of Alfred Kitching

1843-1844

Chess players

circa 1844