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Swan electric lamp

1878-1879

Edison telephone, 1879

1879

Edison's electric carbon filament lamp

1879

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

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

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

1878

Fairlie steam locomotive model

1879

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Crossley table telephone, 1879

1879

Bell telephone, mahogany case, 1878

1878

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Gold watch with tourbillon by Girard Perregaux

1879

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Panorama de Paris

1878

Wrap reel/Hank winder

1877

Edison telephone peg switchboard and pegs, 1879

1879

Pair of Bell telephones, 1878

1878

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

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

1934

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Saw bench

1879

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Jones 50-line switchboard, 1879.

1879

Edison carbon button transmitter No. 32, 1878

1878

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

1705-1737

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Early telephone by Alexander Graham Bell, 1877.

1877

Replica of Edison's First Phonograph, 1877.

1877

Shergold Safety Bicycle by Thomas Shergold

1878

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

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

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

Watt's Pumping Engine 'Old Bess', 1777

1777 (original); 1894 (model)

Samples of crystals used in the development of ASDIC transducers, 1917-1918

1917-918

Model of Mud House

6000-5000BCE

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

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Standard set of gunmetal Apothecary's Reference Measures with box

1878