Image
Category
Collection
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Object type
Place
Material
Date

Edison telephone, 1879

1879

Edison's electric carbon filament lamp

1879

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

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

1990-95

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Set of wheels from Blenkinsop Railway locomotive

1880

Lancashire Loom

circa 1880

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

1934

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

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

1705-1737

Fairlie steam locomotive model

1879

Electrotype replica of a 16th-century mariner’s astrolabe

1580-1588; 1930

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

circa 1880

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

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

2050-1750 BCE

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Saw bench

1879

Edison telephone peg switchboard and pegs, 1879

1879

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Lawson 'Bicyclette', 1879

1879

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

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

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

Reynaud's Praxinoscope Theatre

1879 (1956)

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

2000-1001 BCE

Crossley table telephone, 1879

1879

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Child's Ordinary bicycle (c. 1880)

circa 1880

Jones 50-line switchboard, 1879.

1879

Glass display case containing various cosmetic devices from the 1700s, England, 1880-1930

1701-1800

Crossley telephone receiver, 1880

1880

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

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

Model of Mud House

6000-5000BCE

Rigged model of the "Cutty Sark"

1900-1933 (model); 1869 (original)

Very early Edison carbon filament lamp.

1879

Working model of Hero's Aeolipile

100-1 BCE; 1501-1600; 1914

Burial mask of Agamemnon, Greek, c. 1550 BCE

1600-1500 BCE (original); 1900-1914 (copy)

Replica Bavarian reckoning cloth, German, 16th century.

1501-1600; 1972

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Model of submersible 'Turtle'

1976; 1776