Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Model steam locomotive

1882

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Lowdown Suite W.C. pedestal and tank

1882

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

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

1705-1737

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1934

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Locomotive worksplate, 0-6-0 tank locomotive

1883

Heliogravure: Nothverkauf

1883

Andre-Marie Ampere

1825; 1910

First direct reading moving needle ammeter, 1883

1883

10-Inch JuniorTrig 0902 Aristo slide rule from the 1974 catalogue

1970-1875

Kew pattern unifilar magnetometer

1883

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Bust on wooden base of Andrew Ross

1859; 1986

One pair of screw wheels in gear

circa 1883

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

One of eleven photographs

1883

One of eleven photographs

1883

Crompton 6" voltmeter no.179- c.1882, 0 - 300v.

circa 1882

Calf's Head Weight

1370-1350 BCE; 1931

Plaster replica of black Basalt Cubit Rod 531

1931; 250 BCE

Sellers size 1 1/2" self -aligning swivel bearing.

circa 1883

Plaster replica of IBEX weight

1370-1350 BCE; 1931

Black stone container or palette

2000-1000

Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements

1972-3

Plano-convex brick, Ubaid, Iraq, c 2500 BC.

2500 BCE

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

1990-95

Hydrometer set in wooden case by J.F. Van Deene

1882, 1899

Marey's Camera for Chronophotography

1882

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

Reversible axe on adze, green stone blade, North Papua (Astrolabe Bay)

2000 BCE

Bronze prize medal awarded by Vienna Academy of Medicine and Surgery

1832-1850

Bronze medal

1882

Gilt bronze medal presented for services in a cholera epidemic

1882

Bronze prize medal awarded to Mr Renault

1882