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Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

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

1872

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Novelty model

1955; 1830

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

1872

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

1934

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

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

Geometrical Groin Vault, string surface model

1872

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

1705-1737

Bird cage from Sussex Lunatic Asylum

1872

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

London & North Western Railway 'Hardwicke'

1873

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

Compass on gimbals

1872

Rotating spark

1872

Discharging rod, jointed

1872

Ivoride (cellulose nitrate) mirror made by Daniel Spill

1873

Medal commemorating Giambattista Morgagni

1873

Bronze medal

1873

Bronze medal to commemorate Snellen van der Vollenhoven

1873

Alabaster kohl pot

2000-1350

Walker's Railway Time Table, and Coach, Omnibus and Carriers' List

1883-01

Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements

1972-3

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

Siemens magneto A.B.C. instrument with glass sides

1872

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

1990-95

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Bust on wooden base of Andrew Ross

1859; 1986

Recording Pressure Gauge

1873

Astatic galvanometer by Elliott Brothers, 1872.

1872

Coal from Sumatra

before 1872

Small black slate palette with short handle and base carved in form of flat fish

3500-1000

Aveling blood transfusion set in case with instructions

1872

Furnace accretion "Ofenbruch" after roasting

before 1872

Coal from the Island of Formosa

before 1872

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

"Thomas" coal

before 1873

"Davies" coal

before 1873

Sample, one of two

1872