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

1872

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

1872

North Eastern Railway, locomotive 910

1875

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

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

1873

Steam locomotive, 'Bauxite'

1874

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

1874

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Catgut suture

1875

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Geometrical Groin Vault, string surface model

1872

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

Saint's sewing machine, 1874.

1874

Bird cage from Sussex Lunatic Asylum

1872

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

1990-95

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

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

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

Robert Dudgeon’s sphygmograph

1876

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

1876

Modern Advertising: A Railway Station in 1874

1874

Electrotype replica of a 16th-century mariner’s astrolabe

1580-1588; 1930

Kastner's Pyrophone, 1873-1876

1873-1876

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

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

2050-1750 BCE

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Meidinger battery cell

1876

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Repeating Theodolite

1875

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

Model of Henry Cavendish's Torsion Balance Gravitational Apparatus, 1798

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

Isle of Man Railway "Pender" Locomotive

1873

Original model of Edison's patent electric pen, 1875-1876

1875-1876

Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

2000-1001 BCE

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Polar planimeter, Amsler's

1876

Glass display case containing various cosmetic devices from the 1700s, England, 1880-1930

1701-1800

Bosanquet's Enharmonic Harmonium

1872-1873

Replica of Lightning Conductor by Benjamin Franklin, United States, 1730-1760

1730-1760 (original); 1931-1939 (replica)

Model of Mud House

6000-5000BCE

Rigged model of the "Cutty Sark"

1900-1933 (model); 1869 (original)