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Edison telephone, 1879

1879

Edison's electric carbon filament lamp

1879

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (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

Fairlie steam locomotive model

1879

Novelty model

1955; 1830

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

circa 1880

Crossley table telephone, 1879

1879

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Gold watch with tourbillon by Girard Perregaux

1879

Enamel watch depicting the Virgin and Child

1880

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Model steam locomotive

1882

Saw bench

1879

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Tailboard, North Eastern Railway

1880

Set of wheels from Blenkinsop Railway locomotive

1880

Bezel wind wrist watch, c.1880

circa 1880

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

London Brighton & South Coast Railway locomotive Boxhill

1880

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

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

Crossley telephone receiver, 1880

1880

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

1934

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Lancashire Loom

circa 1880

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Sector type shutter

1879

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

2050-1750 BCE

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

1990-95

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Model of an Assyrian kelek or raft of inflated ox-hides, one of three models of Babylonian vessels of skin

700 BCE; 1931

Model of Mud House

6000-5000BCE

Reynaud's Praxinoscope Theatre

1879 (1956)

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

Burial mask of Agamemnon, Greek, c. 1550 BCE

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

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

Flymo Super Professional 47 rotary air cushion mower

Flymo Super Professional 47 rotary air cushion mower

1979-80

Magic lantern slide: Lion

1880