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Collection
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Place
Material
Date

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Model of Grew's locomotive for ice

circa 1861

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Signal Block Bell, South Eastern Railway

1862

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Lid for Self Cleansing carbon filter

circa 1861

Columnar Engine, 1862

1862

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

1934

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Distinguished Men of Science

1862

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

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Writing machine for blind people, United Kingdom, 1862

1862

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

Oesophageal forceps Durham's

1871-1830

Electrical whirl

1862

Henley's discharging rod

1862

Knife with cellulose nitrate (Parkesine) handle

1862

Knife with cellulose nitrate (Parkesine) handle

1862

Fork with cellulose nitrate (Parkesine) handle

1862

Bronze medal by I.D. Boehm

1863

Bronze medal

1863

Alabaster kohl pot

2000-1350

Walker's Railway Time Table, and Coach, Omnibus and Carriers' List

1883-01

Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements

1972-3

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

Varley's globe vacuum lightning protector, 1861

1861

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

1990-95

W C Williamson

1863

D Arledge

1863

David Moore

1862

May - Study No 167

1870-10

Dr. R K Greville

1863

William Archer

1863

15-Copeck coin of Russia

1861

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Bust on wooden base of Andrew Ross

1859; 1986

Photoheliograph of the Sun

1861

Small black slate palette with short handle and base carved in form of flat fish

3500-1000

Dinner knives with mottled green Parkesine handles

circa 1862

Decorative moulding in form of acanthus leaf

circa 1862