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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

model ner tennant locomotive

1890

Oval badge

1891

Plaster model of a human eye, France, 1884

1884

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

1889

Dye Sample

circa 1890

Dye Sample

circa 1890

Dye Sample

circa 1890

Dye Sample

circa 1890

Dye Sample

circa 1890

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

1934

Spark gap or knob coherer, 1889

1889

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Photograph of Karl Benz

circa 1885

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Kodak No 1 Camera

circa 1891

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

Moldacot pocket sewing machine, 1887.

1886-1887

Early Linotype composing machine, 1892

1892

Parsons' steam turbine generator, 1884

1884

Fitch typewriter, 1891

1891

Rabbit in cabbage musical automaton

1890

Letter written by Dr Neill Cream while in police custody, England, 1892

1892

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

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

Rigged model of the "Cutty Sark"

1900-1933 (model); 1869 (original)

Three-wheeled motor car

1888

Lancashire Boiler

1889

Reynaud's Praxinoscope Theatre

1879 (1956)

Akroyd crude oil engine, 1890.

1890

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

1580-1588; 1930

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

2000-1001 BCE

'Manchester' dynamo, around 1886.

circa 1886

Waller's electrocardiograph, London, England, 1887-1888

1887-1888

Original Tesla Induction Motor presented by Tesla to Prof. Ayrton

Original Tesla induction motor, 1887-1888

1887-1888

Terrestial globe showing magnetic meridians c.1880

1886

Williams typewriter

1890

Whole model of the screw tug 'Victor'

1884-1885; 1919

Copy of a cippus showing Horus, Egypt, 1900-1933

1900-1933

Hammond 'Ideal' typewriter, 1884

1884

Model of H.M. Brigantine 'Dolphin'

1950-1977 (model); 1836 (original)

Model of submersible 'Turtle'

1976; 1776

Votive plaque with right ear in relief

400 BCE-100 CE; 1900-1936

Inscribed votive plaque with pair of arms in relief

100 BCE-100 CE; 1900-1936

Resistance by Herbert Taylor 1887

1887

Earthenware jug

2000-1350

Inscribed votive plaque with breast in relief

100 BCE-100 CE; 1900-1936

Whole model of twin screw tug and dispatch boat

1889-1890

Kew standard mercury in glass thermometer

1885