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Great Northern Railway 4-2-2 locomotive Stirling Single

1870

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Model of human eye

1870

North Eastern Railway locomotive Aerolite

1869

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

'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)

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Domestic Sewing Machine for chain stitich

1868

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Carbolic steam spray used by Joseph Lister

1866-1870

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Model of the ‘Optimus’ water closet, England

1870

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

English-Built 'Boneshaker' Bicycle

1865-1870

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Reis telephone, 1863.

1863

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

Model of a Jacquard loom, with shuttle and components

1867

Sectional Model of a Beam Engine, 1866.

1866

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

1990-95

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Operative Society of Bricklayers

1866-1870

Remington 44 Revolver

1863-1865

Queen Victoria's Saloon

1869

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

Model of the Lowe-Vansittart Screw Propeller Blades

1869

One of four original Swan and Raven models used by Froude

1867

Lord Kelvin's 'ironclad' marine galvanometer, 1865-1866

1865-1866

Obstetrical forceps

1870s

Harrington's clockwork dental drill

1864-1870

Punched cards for Babbage's Analytical Engine

circa 1870

Electrotype replica of a 16th-century mariner’s astrolabe

1580-1588; 1930

Atlantic cable specimen, 1865

1865

Annie, My first Success, 1864'

1864

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

Treadle-operated 'Minerva' platen printing press made by H. S. Cropper and Co.

circa 1870

The first Wheeler and Wilson sewing machine, 1866.

1866

One of four original Swan and Raven models

1867

Sample of submarine telegraph cable, 1866

1866

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Tables of lifetimes, annuities, and premiums

1864

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936