Image
Category
Collection
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Object type
Place
Material
Date

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

1871

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

1872

Great Northern Railway 4-2-2 locomotive Stirling Single

1870

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

1872

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

North Eastern Railway, locomotive 910

1875

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Aveling and Porter steam traction engine

circa 1871

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

1873

Robert Dudgeon’s sphygmograph

1876

Steam locomotive, 'Bauxite'

1874

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Hand-operated lithographic printing press made by Alex Seggie of Edinburgh

1871

Magic lantern slide depicting Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Alice and the White Rabbit

1870s

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Magic lantern slide depicting Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Alice and The Queen of Hearts

1870s

Saint's sewing machine, 1874.

1874

Brass worksplate no 517, Manning Wardle & Co

1875

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

1877

Stirling single locomotive wheel casting pattern, Great Northern Railway

1870

model sykes lock and block signalling system

1875

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

1876

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Drawing, design for a mirror back / unsigned

1870-1875

Novelty model

1955; 1830

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Writing frame for the blind, Stockholm, Sweden, 1871

1871

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

1870-1877

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Catgut suture

1875

Obstetrical forceps

1870s

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Bronze ticket medal for admission and commemoration of the exposition et congres d' Hygiene et de Sauvetage

1876

Wrap reel/Hank winder

1877

Early telephone by Alexander Graham Bell, 1877.

1877

Design for a mirror back in ivoride

1870-1875

Model of the ‘Optimus’ water closet, England

1870

Drawing, design for a mirror back / unsigned

1870-1875

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

1870

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

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

1874

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

London & North Western Railway 'Hardwicke'

1873

Geometrical Groin Vault, string surface model

1872

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

Bell Transmitter with Membrane Diaphragm, 1875-1877

1875-1877

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

1872