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Electric hairbrush

1896-1900

Powdered graphite microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Powdered graphite microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Section of cross-Channel telephone cable, 1897

1897

Cell used in interruptor circuit, 1875-1890

1875-1890

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

1934

Bell Transmitter with Membrane Diaphragm, 1875-1877

1875-1877

Polarized 'guillotine' relay, 1862-1866

1862-1866

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

1870-1877

Hughes microphone detector, 1865-1875

1865-1875

Clockwork interruptor, once owned by David Hughes, 1875-1880

1875-1880

Paul F Gachet's door plate, France, 1870-1909

1870-1909

Artificial leg made for a child, England, 1903

1903

Craniometer, stainless steel

1874-1902

Iron borings coherer (Branly type), 1894

1894

Experimental microphone using steel needles and gas carbon, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Granular microphone in bamboo tube, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Bird cage from Sussex Lunatic Asylum

1872

Time register for recording asylum warder patrols

1870-1899

Spark gap or knob coherer, 1889

1889

Sample of transatlantic cable, 1865-66

1865-1866

Billi condenser used for aerial tuning in Newfoundland, 1901

1901

Improved Patent Magneto Electric Machine for nervous diseases

1862

Lawson 'Bicyclette', 1879

1879

Singer 'New Family' sewing machine, 1865-1883.

1865-1883

The slums of Govan

1956-09

Portrait of Isaac Newton

1862-1863

Items used by Louis Pasteur, 19th Century.

1861-1870

Oxygen cylinder used by climbers on 1953 Mount Everest expedition

1952-3

Hangman's rope, England, 1870-1888

1870-1888

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

1873

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

The slums of Govan

1956-09

Photograph of Karl Benz

circa 1885

Replica of Edison's First Phonograph, 1877.

1877

Drawing of James Watt's Pumping Engine 1788

1897

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Holmes-type stereoscope

circa 1905

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Tower's handcuffs

1882-1890

Sunbeam Mabley 'Sociable' Voiturette

1902

Kodak No 1 Camera

circa 1891

English-Built 'Boneshaker' Bicycle

1865-1870

Zoetrope strip: Butterfly and Poppy

circa 1868

Water Carbon filter

1880-1900

Early telephone by Alexander Graham Bell, 1877.

1877

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

2050-1750 BCE

Heart shaped basket made entirely from cloves

before 1907

Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB

1990-95

Moldacot pocket sewing machine, 1887.

1886-1887