Babbage's Analytical Engine, 1834-1871. (Trial model)
1871
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Aveling and Porter steam traction engine
circa 1871
Mousetrap Camera
1834-1836
A steam hammer at work
1871
Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera
1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835
1934
'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century
1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, 1934
1934
Novelty model
1955; 1830
Writing frame for the blind, Stockholm, Sweden, 1871
1871
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
Magic lantern slide depicting Alice Through the Looking Glass, The Walrus and The Carpenter Sat in the Evening
1871
Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888
1888
Magic lantern slide depicting Alice Through the Looking Glass, The Walrus and The Carpenter Eating Oysters
1871
Replica Grand Junction Railway travelling post office
1938; (1838)
Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 2nd class open-topped railway carriage, 1930 (replica)
1930 (replica); 1834 (original)
Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1st Class carriage 'Traveller'
1930 (replica); 1834 (original)
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois
1925; 1862
Model of the "Planet" Locomotive
1830 (original); 1967 (model)
Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936
1936
Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915
300 BCE; 1905-1915
Burial mask of Agamemnon, Greek, c. 1550 BCE
1600-1500 BCE (original); 1900-1914 (copy)
Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430
1960-1979
Model of Mud House
6000-5000BCE
Rigged model of the "Cutty Sark"
1900-1933 (model); 1869 (original)
Model of Henry Cavendish's Torsion Balance Gravitational Apparatus, 1798
1798 (original); 1977 (model)
Electrotype replica of a 16th-century mariner’s astrolabe
1580-1588; 1930
Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE
2050-1750 BCE
Working model of Hero's Aeolipile
100-1 BCE; 1501-1600; 1914
Model of submersible 'Turtle'
1976; 1776
Replica of Lightning Conductor by Benjamin Franklin, United States, 1730-1760
1730-1760 (original); 1931-1939 (replica)
Rigged model of Flemish carvel construction Carrack
1910-1921
Glass display case containing various cosmetic devices from the 1700s, England, 1880-1930
1701-1800
Flint hand tool, side-scraper, made in the Stone Age.
8500-2000 BCE
Hand-operated lithographic printing press made by Alex Seggie of Edinburgh
1871
Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE
2000-1001 BCE
Samples of crystals used in the development of ASDIC transducers, 1917-1918
1917-918
Model of an Egyptian boat in XII Dynasty Tomb
1991-1783 BCE
Watt's Pumping Engine 'Old Bess', 1777
1777 (original); 1894 (model)
Model of a Printing Press, 1701-1800
1701-1800; 1982