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

1876

Bell telephone, mahogany case, 1878

1878

Commemorative spade used to turn the first sod of the River Lee Conservancy's new cutting through Horse Shoe Point

1878

North Eastern Railway, locomotive 910

1875

Catgut suture

1875

Brass worksplate no 517, Manning Wardle & Co

1875

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Crossley table telephone, 1879

1879

Fairlie steam locomotive model

1879

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Robert Dudgeon’s sphygmograph

1876

Swan electric lamp

1878-1879

model sykes lock and block signalling system

1875

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Edison telephone, 1879

1879

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Engraving: Watt's first experiment. Marcus Stone ARA pinxt; Herbert Bourne sculpt; published by Appleton & Co

1879

Full size wooden model of Beloe's double rail and chair

1877

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

Pair of Bell telephones, 1878

1878

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

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

1874

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Steam locomotive, 'Bauxite'

1874

Wrap reel/Hank winder

1877

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

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

1705-1737

Edison telephone peg switchboard and pegs, 1879

1879

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Saw bench

1879

Panorama de Paris

1878

Edison carbon button transmitter No. 32, 1878

1878

Bell Transmitter with Membrane Diaphragm, 1875-1877

1875-1877

Jones 50-line switchboard, 1879.

1879

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Set of six test tubes with stand, used by Joseph Lister

1875-1878

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Lithograph of Daniel Spills Ivorideworks by Daniel Greenaway, 1875

1875

Edison's electric carbon filament lamp

1879

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Photograph of William Friese-Greene and family

circa 1875 (original)

Cast iron gas standard lamp mount made by John Fletcher and Sons

1877

Cast iron gas standard lamp mount made by John Fletcher and Sons

1877

Lawson 'Bicyclette', 1879

1879

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

1730; 1967

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

1972-3

Plano-convex brick, Ubaid, Iraq, c 2500 BC.

2500 BCE