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Edison telephone, 1879

1879

Fowler's phrenological head

1879-1896

Device for recording warder patrols in a Lunatic Asylum

1877-1897

Rover 'Safety' Bicycle, 1885

1885

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

1889

Rudge 'ordinary' or 'penny farthing' bicycle

1884

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Enamel notice, Dinorwic Quarries Railway

1895

London & South Western Railway pathway notice

1896

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

1877

Small printing forme representing Linotype set matter

1886

Arithmometer by Elliott Brothers

1885-1894

Marine thermometer by Negretti and Zambra

1890

Single-lens Cine Camera by Louis Le Prince

1888

Crossley table telephone, 1879

1879

Bell telephone, mahogany case, 1878

1878

Coherer with coarse brass turnings, 1894

1894

Coherer, ebonite, with adjustable contacts, 1890-1896

1890-1896

Spiral spring coherer, 1890-1894

1890-1894

Ring transformer, 1892

1892

English lever escapement watch with Karrusel by S Smith and Son

1897

'Pock-marked faces: A curious illusion', anti-vaccination leaflet

1880-1890

Straight spectacles with bifocal perfection lenses

1885-1895

Meerschaum tobacco pipe

1880-1890

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Shoehorn made from Rescued Brass from Thirsk Disaster

1892

Model steam locomotive, North Eastern Railway

1884

Mantel clock, presented to T.W. Worsdell - Great Eastern Railway

circa 1885

Fairlie steam locomotive model

1879

Hank Winding Machine

1897

Scutcher, made by Platt Brothers & Co. Ltd

1889

Syntonic Leyden jars, 1880-1889

1880-1889

Experimental carbon block microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Powdered graphite microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Experimental carbon pencil microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Experimental microphones with carbon pencils and cups, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Hertzian oscillator, 1890-1894

1890-1894

Hertzian receiving resonator, 1890-1894

1890-1894

Granular microphone in glass tube, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Experimental microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

The Demon Detective camera

1889

Thornton-Pickard Amber camera

circa 1897

Brass worksplate no 917, Manning Wardle & Co

1884

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Travelling tea case in leather case

1895

Dye Sample

circa 1890

Dye Sample

circa 1890

Sample of Acid Yellow Dye

circa 1890

Dye Sample

circa 1890

Copper ore from the Bell Mine

before 1889