Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

North Eastern Railway, locomotive 910

1875

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

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

1873

Steam locomotive, 'Bauxite'

1874

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Saint's sewing machine, 1874.

1874

Brass worksplate no 517, Manning Wardle & Co

1875

model sykes lock and block signalling system

1875

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Novelty model

1955; 1830

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Catgut suture

1875

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (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

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

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

1873

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

Gold lever watch by George Blackie

1873

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1934

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

1990-95

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

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

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

Model Boat from Cyclades, 2800 BC

2800 BCE

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

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

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

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

2050-1750 BCE

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

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

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

Model of an Assyrian kelek or raft of inflated ox-hides, one of three models of Babylonian vessels of skin

700 BCE; 1931

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

2000-1001 BCE

Medal awarded at the London Exhibition, 1873

1873

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

1883-01

Railway model, Locomotion No.1

1875

Map, Railway Clearing House

1874

Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promote general good health

1880-120

Demonstration ophthalmoscope presented by Dr. Ware

1886-1866