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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

Aveling and Porter steam traction engine

circa 1871

Great Northern Railway 4-2-2 locomotive Stirling Single

1870

Thompson's Revolver Camera

1862

Edison telephone, 1879

1879

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

1872

Operative Society of Bricklayers

1866-1870

Glass flask containing urine

1865-1877

Edison's electric carbon filament lamp

1879

Model of the ‘Optimus’ water closet, England

1870

Writing frame for the blind, Stockholm, Sweden, 1871

1871

Columnar Engine, 1862

1862

North Eastern Railway, locomotive 910

1875

Domestic Sewing Machine for chain stitich

1868

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

A steam hammer at work

1871

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Gold lever watch by George Blackie

1873

Model of human eye

1870

Distinguished Men of Science

1862

Steam locomotive, 'Bauxite'

1874

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

1879

Full size wooden model of Beloe's double rail and chair

1877

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

1878

Wood-working brace drill, with button-operated latch chuck, 1875-1885

circa 1880

Wivenhoe & Brightlingsea Railway

1861

seal die - Bishop Stortford, Dunmow and Braintree railway

1861

Stock Exchange automatic telegraph, 1872-1880

1872-1880

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Gold watch with tourbillon by Girard Perregaux

1879

Early binaural stethoscope

1861-1866

Model steam locomotive

1882

London & South Western Railway Shark 2-4-0

circa 1868

Cast iron plaque from Queenstown Road Bridge, Battersea, London, 1865

1865

Brass worksplate no 517, Manning Wardle & Co

1875

Wolferton station master hand lamp

1870-1880

model sykes lock and block signalling system

1875

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

1873

Penknife with three blades and a corkscrew, owned by William Marwood: executioner

1870-1880

London & North Western Railway steam locomotive 'Pet' 0-4-0ST

1865

Crossley table telephone, 1879

1879

Wheatstone receiver (Morse inker), 1867

1867

Stroh's type-printer for Wheatstone ABC communicator, 1870-1881

1870-1881

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Table chronometer in a gilt-metal and glazed case by Victor Kullburg

1870-1877

Enamel watch depicting the Virgin and Child

1880

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE