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

1871

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

1872

Aveling and Porter steam traction engine

circa 1871

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

1872

Writing frame for the blind, Stockholm, Sweden, 1871

1871

North Eastern Railway, locomotive 910

1875

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

A steam hammer at work

1871

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Gold lever watch by George Blackie

1873

Steam locomotive, 'Bauxite'

1874

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

model sykes lock and block signalling system

1875

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

1873

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Catgut suture

1875

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

1876

Robert Dudgeon’s sphygmograph

1876

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Brass worksplate no 517, Manning Wardle & Co

1875

Novelty model

1955; 1830

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

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

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

1934

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

1876

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

London & North Western Railway 'Hardwicke'

1873

Lithograph of Daniel Spills Ivorideworks by Daniel Greenaway, 1875

1875

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

1705-1737

Bird cage from Sussex Lunatic Asylum

1872

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

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

1874

Geometrical Groin Vault, string surface model

1872

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

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

1990-95

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Engravings of colour sketches showing solar prominences by Etienne Leopold Trouvelot

1872

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Solar Corona 1875 April 6

1875

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

2050-1750 BCE

Saint's sewing machine, 1874.

1874

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

Analytical chemical balance in glazed cabinet.

1874-1876

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979