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

1872

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

1871

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

1872

Great Northern Railway 4-2-2 locomotive Stirling Single

1870

Swan electric lamp

1878-1879

Aveling and Porter steam traction engine

circa 1871

Edison telephone, 1879

1879

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Steam locomotive, 'Bauxite'

1874

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

1870s

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Engraving: Watt's first experiment. Marcus Stone ARA pinxt; Herbert Bourne sculpt; published by Appleton & Co

1879

Brass worksplate no 517, Manning Wardle & Co

1875

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

1877

Catgut suture

1875

Writing frame for the blind, Stockholm, Sweden, 1871

1871

Obstetrical forceps

1870s

model sykes lock and block signalling system

1875

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

1873

Robert Dudgeon’s sphygmograph

1876

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Stirling single locomotive wheel casting pattern, Great Northern Railway

1870

Commemorative spade used to turn the first sod of the River Lee Conservancy's new cutting through Horse Shoe Point

1878

Drawing, design for a mirror back / unsigned

1870-1875

Fairlie steam locomotive model

1879

North Eastern Railway, locomotive 910

1875

Crossley table telephone, 1879

1879

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

1876

Bell telephone, mahogany case, 1878

1878

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

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

1870-1877

Gold watch with tourbillon by Girard Perregaux

1879

Panorama de Paris

1878

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

1872

Edison's electric carbon filament lamp

1879

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Bird cage from Sussex Lunatic Asylum

1872

Model of human eye

1870

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Set of six test tubes with stand, used by Joseph Lister

1875-1878

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

1876

Wrap reel/Hank winder

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

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

1873