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Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Single-lens Cine Camera by Louis Le Prince

1888

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Small printing forme representing Linotype set matter

1886

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

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

1990-95

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Moldacot pocket sewing machine, 1887.

1886-1887

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

1934

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

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

1705-1737

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

1580-1588; 1930

Original Tesla Induction Motor presented by Tesla to Prof. Ayrton

Original Tesla induction motor, 1887-1888.

1887-1888

Wise's Patent Train Staff

1886

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Three-wheeled motor car

1888

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

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

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

2050-1750 BCE

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Crookes' spiral periodic system

1888

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

Sixteen lens cine camera by Louis Le Prince

1886-1887

Model of Henry Cavendish's Torsion Balance Gravitational Apparatus, 1798

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

Reynaud's Praxinoscope Theatre

1879 (1956)

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

2000-1001 BCE

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

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

1886-1887

Forth Bridge Railway Co. rivet from Forth Bridge

1888; 1984

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

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

Model of Mud House

6000-5000BCE

Rigged model of the "Cutty Sark"

1900-1933 (model); 1869 (original)

Working model of Hero's Aeolipile

100-1 BCE; 1501-1600; 1914

Burial mask of Agamemnon, Greek, c. 1550 BCE

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

Replica Bavarian reckoning cloth, German, 16th century.

1501-1600; 1972

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Model of submersible 'Turtle'

1976; 1776

Model of an Egyptian boat in XII Dynasty Tomb

1991-1783 BCE

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

Model which represents the paddle steamers "Queen Victoria" and the ''Prince of Wales''

1887

Samples of crystals used in the development of ASDIC transducers, 1917-1918

1917-918

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 a Montgolfier Balloon, 1783

First Public Demonstration of a Montgolfier Balloon, 4th June, 1783.

1783; 1914