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Category
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Watch by Sir John Bennett

1884

Lancashire Loom

circa 1880

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Plaster model of a human eye, France, 1884

1884

Tank wagon, North Eastern Railway - Shell-Mex and BP Ltd

1889

London Brighton & South Coast Railway locomotive Boxhill

1880

Set of wheels from Blenkinsop Railway locomotive

1880

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

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

1934

Set of 8 brass handled

1890

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

1705-1737

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Cupriferous sandstone from Schweinkopf

before 1889

Wall telephone using a Blake transmitter, 1880-1890

1880-1890

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

Crossley telephone receiver, 1880

1880

Spark gap or knob coherer, 1889

1889

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Oval badge

1891

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

1889

Kodak No 1 Camera

circa 1891

Single-lens Cine Camera by Louis Le Prince

1888

Parsons' steam turbine generator, 1884

1884

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Medal commemorating Eduard Albert

1891

Foucault Pendulum for demonstrating the Earth's rotation, with stand, divided arc, lapse clock, storage box

1883

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

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Tower's handcuffs

1882-1890

Sunset and afterglow, Krakatoa, 9 November 1883.

1883

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

Studio photographs, portraits of Dr Louis Pasteur and others

1880-1889

Etching : The Foundry

1883

Engineering plan for Tower Bridge showing Tower Bridge Contract No.4

1890

Sketch of Tower Bridge Hoists showing arrangement of locking gear by which the outer gate must be locked before door of cradle can be closed

1891

Engineering plan for Tower Bridge showing Tower Bridge Northern Abutment

1886

Engineering plan for Tower Bridge showing Outline arrangements of steam engines

1889

Engineering plan for Tower Bridge showing Details of jointing and riveting of girders at site

1889

Engineering plan for Tower Bridge showing Loads of West Wall of Gen. Steam Nav Co.s Warehouse at Ironsgate Stairs

1886

Graphophone record cylinder

1887

"17 inch" plate Wimshurst electrostatic machine

1885

Two Spools of Celluloid Made by Louis Le Prince and Case

1888-1889

Kilo-ampere balance (a) Box containing sliding weights

1888

Railway Director's Official Diary, Great Western Railway, 1880

1880

volunteer review

1882

Great Northern Railway working hours for artizans and their labourers on notice card

1890

Ms. description of pumping

1891

Plans (9) of no. 249 S.S. "Lee Sang"

1885

Arrangement drawings (3) of H.M. colonial cruiser "Katoomba"

1891

Magic lantern slide: Lion

1880