'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Model of the "Planet" Locomotive
1830 (original); 1967 (model)
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835
1934
Thames Tunnel opening commemorative medal, 1843
1843
Novelty model
1955; 1830
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
Cooke and Wheatstone double needle telegraph, 1844
1844
Cooke and Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1844
1844
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Cooke's train signalling instrument of 1845, Norfolk Railway
1845
Single-needle block instrument
1845
Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845
1845
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera
1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)
Plaster model of the lunar surface
1844
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1st Class carriage 'Traveller'
1930 (replica); 1834 (original)
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Two lancets in a patterned silver case
1844
Copy of the Receiver and Alarm Call of Schilling's Electric Telegraph, 1870-1877
1870-1877
'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century
1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)
Seal die, The Southampton & Dorchester Railway Company
1845
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
First Public Demonstration of a Montgolfier Balloon, 4th June, 1783.
1783; 1914
Copper prize medal
1844
Copper medal
1843
Medal commemorating J H de Chaufepie
1844
Bronze medal commemorating C.H. Pfaff
1843
Jump sector
1844
Roman Coin of Tiberius
30 CE
Roman Coin of Tiberius
30 CE
Red granite drill core
2686-2613 BCE
Light French spectacles with oval lenses and hook side-arms
1845
NEMA cryptography machine type T-D
1945-50
Inspector's stamp with 'K' above '4', used in Kesteven, Lincolnshire
1844
Ross's monocular microscope
1843
Solid bronze phallic amulet in form of priapus with hind legs and tail of horse
30-200
Alabaster mortar
2000-1350
Bronze probe(?), twisted stem, Romano-Egyptian
20-500
Olive ended probe, bronze, Romano-Egyptian
20-500
Advertisement by GWR for the exhibition of the Galvanic and Electromagnetic Telegraphs
1845
Black stone container or palette
2000-1000
Small black slate palette with short handle and base carved in form of flat fish
3500-1000
Plaster model of tomb plaque
100 BCE-300 CE; 1890-1920
Alabaster mortar
2000-1350
Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements
1972-3