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Babbage's Analytical Engine, 1834-1871. (Trial model)

1871

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Great Northern Railway 4-2-2 locomotive Stirling Single

1870

North Eastern Railway, locomotive 910

1875

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

1872

Model of human eye

1870

NER 0-6-0 '1001' class steam locomotive and tender, No 1275, 1874

1874

North Eastern Railway locomotive Aerolite

1869

Steam locomotive, 'Bauxite'

1874

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

'Over London-by Rail', Engraving, London, England, 1872

1872

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

model sykes lock and block signalling system

1875

Brass worksplate no 517, Manning Wardle & Co

1875

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

1877

Novelty model

1955; 1830

London & South Western Railway Shark 2-4-0

circa 1868

Obstetrical forceps

1870s

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

One of four original Swan and Raven models

1867

One of four original Swan and Raven models used by Froude

1867

Replica of Bell's 1876 'iron-box' receiver, 1959

1876

Catgut suture

1875

Stirling single locomotive wheel casting pattern, Great Northern Railway

1870

Sample of submarine telegraph cable, 1866

1866

Silver model of the Eleanor Cross at Charing Cross Station

1867-1868

Wheatstone receiver (Morse inker), 1867

1867

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

1870-1877

Robert Dudgeon’s sphygmograph

1876

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Nameplate, London & North Western Railway - "John Ramsbottom"

1872

Model (scale 1:4) of pair of "Janney" couplings; model (scale 1:8) old pattern couplings

1873

newhaven harbour co bridge byelaws notice

1867

Geometrical Groin Vault, string surface model

1872

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1934

Bell Transmitter with Membrane Diaphragm, 1875-1877

1875-1877

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Bird cage from Sussex Lunatic Asylum

1872

London & North Western Railway 'Hardwicke'

1873

York apprentices model train - North Eastern Railway

1870

Wrap reel/Hank winder

1877

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

1705-1737

Gold lever watch by George Blackie

1873

Carbolic steam spray used by Joseph Lister

1866-1870

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

1870

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)