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Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Gold lever watch by George Blackie

1873

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

1873

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

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

1873

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

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

1874

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

London & North Western Railway 'Hardwicke'

1873

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

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

1705-1737

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

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

1934

Steam locomotive, 'Bauxite'

1874

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Saint's sewing machine, 1874.

1874

Model of submersible 'Turtle'

1976; 1776

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

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

300 BCE; 1905-1915

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

1701-1800

Copy of Lodestone believed to have been used by Queen Anne

1929 (copy); 1702-1714 (original)

Revised Classification of Merchandise Traffic and Revised Schedule of Maximum Rates and Charges Applicable thereto, proposed to be charged by the Eastern and Midlands Railway Company

1889-02

Haemacytometer, Paris, France, 1874

1874

Case of surgical instruments by Lynth and Thornton

1873

Medal awarded at the London Exhibition, 1873

1873

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

1883-01

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Map, Railway Clearing House

1874

Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill

1730; 1967

Caution List of Convictions

1885-09

Iron Weight

1910-130

One of two Sumerian solid cylindrical weights

circa 2000 BCE

2 circular plaster casts of the 2 halves of a Greek coin

700-100 BCE; 1930-1950

16 Lever Signal Lever Frame

1874

Roman stone water main

30

Replica of Roman equal-arm balance, from Pompeii, 79 AD

1-79 CE; before 1914

Poncelet's Water Wheel, 1824

1824 (original); 1891 (model)

Address to William Smith on his retirement

1894-05