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Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Britannia statue

1849

Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849

1849

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848

1848

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Silver kettle presented to Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy (1780 – 1854)

1849

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Palmer's micrometer (replica)

circa 1848

Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, 1934

1934

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

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

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Drawing of Singhi Dalan in Rajmahal, Jharkhand, India

1856-11

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Model of a Montgolfier Balloon, 1783

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

1783; 1914

Medal, silver metal

1848

Circular bronze medal

1848

Circular bronze medal

1848

Medal commemorating Michael Skjelderup

1849

Lithograph: Britannia Tubular Bridge over the Menai Straits

1849

Arch over Dean Street, Newcastle on Tyne

1848

Britannia Tubular Bridge over the Menai Straits

1849

Andre-Marie Ampere

1825; 1910

Britannia Tubular Bridge over the Menai Straits

1848

Medal, bronze, prize or national award for work or assistance during cholera outbreak in Belgium

1849

Lithograph, " Dee Viaduct - Vale of Llangollen"

1848

Conway Tubular Bridge

1848

Copy of Musschenbroek's Pyrometer (Dilatometer), 1700-1731.

1877 (copy); 1700-1731 (original)

Arithmaurel calculating machine made by Maurel and Jayet

1848

Bronze Axehead from France, Bronze Age

2000-500 BCE

Bronze Spearhead without Shaft, European, Bronze Age

2000-500 BCE

Bronze Chisel-head, Britanny, France, Bronze Age

2000-500 BCE

Copper Axehead from Ancient Egypt, 1991-1786BC

1991-1786 BCE

Copper Axehead from Ancient Egypt, 1991-1786BC

1991-1786 BCE

Bronze Adze with Modern Wooden Handle, Bronze Age

2000-500 BCE

Chamberlain's Improved Drawing Board

1849

Twelve German jetons, 16th century.

1501-1600; 1978

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE