Model of the "Planet" Locomotive
1830 (original); 1967 (model)
Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera
1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)
Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858
1858
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858
1858
Model of a Power Loom for Plain Weaving
1857
Thomson's mirror galvanometer, 1858
1858
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Skaife's Pistolgraph Camera
1858
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph, 1858
1858
Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858
1857-1858
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Letter from Queen Victoria mentioning chloroform use in childbirth
1859
Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835
1934
John Ellis
1858
Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, 1934
1934
'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century
1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Electrotype replica of a 16th-century mariner’s astrolabe
1580-1588; 1930
Sample of the first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858
1857-1858
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Copy of the Receiver and Alarm Call of Schilling's Electric Telegraph, 1870-1877
1870-1877
Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915
300 BCE; 1905-1915
Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430
1960-1979
Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE
2050-1750 BCE
Novelty model
1955; 1830
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Letter to The Atlantic Telegraph Company, 1859
1859
Thomson (Lord Kelvin) double curb transmitter, 1858
1858
Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936
1936
Mousetrap Camera
1834-1836
Model of Henry Cavendish's Torsion Balance Gravitational Apparatus, 1798
1798 (original); 1977 (model)
Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE
2000-1001 BCE
Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858
1858-03-02
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
Islay shipwreck components
1857
Glass display case containing various cosmetic devices from the 1700s, England, 1880-1930
1701-1800
Replica of Lightning Conductor by Benjamin Franklin, United States, 1730-1760
1730-1760 (original); 1931-1939 (replica)
Model of Mud House
6000-5000BCE
Working model of Hero's Aeolipile
100-1 BCE; 1501-1600; 1914
Burial mask of Agamemnon, Greek, c. 1550 BCE
1600-1500 BCE (original); 1900-1914 (copy)
Replica Bavarian reckoning cloth, German, 16th century.
1501-1600; 1972
Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858
1857-1858
Model of submersible 'Turtle'
1976; 1776
Model of an Egyptian boat in XII Dynasty Tomb
1991-1783 BCE