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'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe

1854

Caricature of an undertaker hoping for cholera, Europe, c. 1854

circa 1854

Caricature showing 'The State Doctor' during a cholera epidemic, Europe, c. 1854

circa 1854

Novelty model

1955; 1830

seal die - Colne Valley and Halstead Railway

1856

Bright's bell telegraph, 1855

1855

Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856

1856

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Bridge plaque - 1855

1855

Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854

1854

South-East View of Sheffield

1855

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Micrometer type mechanical comparator

1855

Caricature showing a publican's dilemma during a cholera epidemic, Europe, c. 1854

circa 1854

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

1705-1737

'Thunder pump' magneto-electric device, 1856

1856

William Thomson's marine mirror galvanometer, 1850-1900

1854

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

1934

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

1870-1877

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Bullion box containing lead shot

1855

Royal footwarmer, Great Western Railway

1856

Locomotive Memoranda, Engines

1856

Bronze bust of William Stuart

1855

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Telegraph block instrument; South Eastern Railway; Walker's patent No. 245

1855

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Massey's patent ships' log

1854-1857

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

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

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 Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

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

Mosquee du Sultan Mahmoud a Tophanna

circa 1855

Camp du 97th Regiment Anglais

1855

Vue Generale d'Athenes avec l'acropolis

circa 1855

Portable chemical balance

circa 1855