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Babbage's Analytical Engine, 1834-1871. (Trial model)

1871

'Over London-by Rail', Engraving, London, England, 1872

1872

Swan electric lamp

1878-1879

Thompson's Revolver Camera

1862

Edison telephone, 1879

1879

Great Northern Railway 4-2-2 locomotive Stirling Single

1870

Aveling and Porter steam traction engine

circa 1871

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

1872

Skaife's Pistolgraph Camera

1858

One of the First Rechargeable Batteries, about 1860

1860

Columnar Engine, 1862

1862

Model of the ‘Optimus’ water closet, England

1870

Model of human eye

1870

Bullion box containing lead shot

1855

Edison's electric carbon filament lamp

1879

Section of the tree under which Livingstone's viscera were buried, Africa, 1873

1873

Early telephone by Alexander Graham Bell, 1877.

1877

James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

John Ellis

1858

model sykes lock and block signalling system

1875

Dagron microphotographic camera

circa 1860

Remington 44 Revolver

1863-1865

seal die - Colne Valley and Halstead Railway

1856

Wivenhoe & Brightlingsea Railway

1861

seal die - Bishop Stortford, Dunmow and Braintree railway

1861

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Gold watch with tourbillon by Girard Perregaux

1879

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Early binaural stethoscope

1861-1866

Glass pharmacy storage bottle

1864

Obstetrical forceps

1870s

Marey sphygmograph and case

1857-1870

Writing frame for the blind, Stockholm, Sweden, 1871

1871

Two copper and zinc chains, France, 1855-1870

1855-1870

Engraving: Watt's first experiment. Marcus Stone ARA pinxt; Herbert Bourne sculpt; published by Appleton & Co

1879

Commemorative spade used to turn the first sod of the River Lee Conservancy's new cutting through Horse Shoe Point

1878

Ramsbottom speed indicator

1860

London & South Western Railway Shark 2-4-0

circa 1868

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Model of Grew's locomotive for ice

circa 1861

Lid for Self Cleansing carbon filter

circa 1861

Crossley table telephone, 1879

1879

Replica of Bell's 1876 'iron-box' receiver, 1959

1876

Bell telephone, mahogany case, 1878

1878

Bright's bell telegraph, 1855

1855

Wheatstone receiver (Morse inker), 1867

1867

Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph, 1858

1858

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Wine glass possibly used as a culture glass by Joseph Lister

1860-1877