Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Model ground signal, North London Railway

1888

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Small printing forme representing Linotype set matter

1886

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Model of Robert Duncan's screw propeller, with stern frame and rudder, as fitted to the Egyptian government yacht 'Sareea

1886-1887

Wise's Patent Train Staff

1886

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

1934

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)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Photograph showing 4 different expressions

circa 1886

Coradi planimeter and map, 1886.

1886

Graphophone record cylinder

1887

Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill

1730; 1967

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

Silver lancet case, empty

1886

Reckenzaun's meter, 1888

1888

Brass saccharometer by R.B. Bate

1915-1825

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

1990-95

Turnswitch with fuse (wire), c.1886 [lacks cover]

1886

Vertical contact switch, 1886

1886

Ediswan lampholder, with ceramic insulation, 1888

1888

Uterine probe

1901-950

Terracotta statue of William Harvey

1886

Lever watch in pair case with crank roller

1800-1830

Cylinder watch in case with thin horizontal movement

1801-1850

Lever watch in case

1800-1830

Bust on wooden base of Andrew Ross

1859; 1986

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

'Original' horizontal spring clip eyeglasses

1888

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

Receipt with letter heading. Arnold & Sons

1887

James N. Routledge

1887

Carte de Visite photograph. Sir John Lubbock.

1888

Oil lamp for projecting work

1888

Cromwell's patent rotary positive pressure blower

1888

Steel spring from a band sawing machine

1888

Gold leaf electrometer with sliding condenser

1886

Remington No. 5 typewriter, c. 1888

circa 1888

First alternating current magnifying strip spring ammeter

1888