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Great Northern Railway 4-2-2 locomotive Stirling Single

1870

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Model of the ‘Optimus’ water closet, England

1870

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Silver model of the Eleanor Cross at Charing Cross Station

1867-1868

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Wheatstone receiver (Morse inker), 1867

1867

Sample of submarine telegraph cable, 1866

1866

Operative Society of Bricklayers

1866-1870

One of four original Swan and Raven models

1867

One of four original Swan and Raven models used by Froude

1867

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Obstetrical forceps

1870s

Stirling single locomotive wheel casting pattern, Great Northern Railway

1870

London & South Western Railway Shark 2-4-0

circa 1868

Domestic Sewing Machine for chain stitich

1868

York apprentices model train - North Eastern Railway

1870

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

newhaven harbour co bridge byelaws notice

1867

North Eastern Railway locomotive Aerolite

1869

Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement

1705-1737

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

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

1934

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

1870-1877

Model of human eye

1870

Carbolic steam spray used by Joseph Lister

1866-1870

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Croll Testimonial silver gilt fountain, Parcel-gilt Victorian silver rosewater fountain designed as a table centrepiece

1870

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Sectional Model of a Beam Engine, 1866.

1866

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Queen Victoria's Saloon

1869

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

The first Wheeler and Wilson sewing machine, 1866.

1866

Model of a Jacquard loom, with shuttle and components

1867

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

2050-1750 BCE

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

1990-95

Model of Henry Cavendish's Torsion Balance Gravitational Apparatus, 1798

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Punched cards for Babbage's Analytical Engine

circa 1870

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

Magic lantern slide depicting Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, The Mad Hatter's Tea Party

1870s

'Hypatia'

circa 1870