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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

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

1872

Model of human eye

1870

North Eastern Railway locomotive Aerolite

1869

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

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Obstetrical forceps

1870s

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Stirling single locomotive wheel casting pattern, Great Northern Railway

1870

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

1872

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

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Bird cage from Sussex Lunatic Asylum

1872

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

1705-1737

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)

York apprentices model train - North Eastern Railway

1870

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

1870-1877

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

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

1990-95

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Replica of Lightning Conductor by Benjamin Franklin, United States, 1730-1760

1730-1760 (original); 1931-1939 (replica)

Whole rigged model of the clipper ship 'Stonehouse'

1866 (original) 1871 (model); 1906 (rigging modified)

Hindu astrolabe

1870

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

Queen Victoria's Saloon

1869

Aveling and Porter steam traction engine

circa 1871

Farewell to the Light Brigade

1870

Savart's wheel

1870

A steam hammer at work

1871

Illuminated address, to Sir Daniel Gooch Bart, MP

1871

Invitation to a ball on HMS Galatea, 1870

1870

The broad and narrow way

1870

Copy of forceps made from an Egyptian sculpture, Kom-Ombos, Egypt, 1901-1936

1901-1936; 180 BCE

Casts of Chinese zodiac figures (Tang dynasty)

1871-1900 (copy); 618-907 CE (original)

Casts of Chinese zodiac figures (Tang dynasty)

1871-1900 (copy); 618-907 CE (original)

Casts of Chinese zodiac figures (Tang dynasty)

1871-1900 (copy); 618-907 CE (original)

Photograph of Drawing of Solar Chromosphere

1869

Photograph of Drawing of Solar Chromosphere

1869