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Swan electric lamp

1878-1879

Edison telephone, 1879

1879

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

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

1879

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

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

1878

Wood-working brace drill, with button-operated latch chuck, 1875-1885

circa 1880

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

Fairlie steam locomotive model

1879

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Enamel watch depicting the Virgin and Child

1880

Panorama de Paris

1878

Set of wheels from Blenkinsop Railway locomotive

1880

Edison's electric carbon filament lamp

1879

London Brighton & South Coast Railway locomotive Boxhill

1880

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Tailboard, North Eastern Railway

1880

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Bezel wind wrist watch, c.1880

circa 1880

Lancashire Loom

circa 1880

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Saw bench

1879

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Child's Ordinary bicycle (c. 1880)

circa 1880

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

1705-1737

Jones 50-line switchboard, 1879.

1879

Edison telephone peg switchboard and pegs, 1879

1879

Pair of Bell telephones, 1878

1878

Edison carbon button transmitter No. 32, 1878

1878

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

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

1934

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Crossley telephone receiver, 1880

1880

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

1990-95

Magic lantern slide depicting Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, The White Rabbit as The Page of Hearts

1880s

Magic lantern slide depicting Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, The King and Queen of Hearts

1880s

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

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

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Lowne's patent colliery air meter

circa 1880

Magic lantern slide: Lion

1880

Hand powered cottage saw gin

1880