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Scutcher, made by Platt Brothers & Co. Ltd

1889

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Model ground signal, North London Railway

1888

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

Small printing forme representing Linotype set matter

1886

Copper ore from the Bell Mine

before 1889

Arsenical cobalt or skutterudite, from Skutterude, near Modum, Norway

before 1889

Wise's Patent Train Staff

1886

The Demon Detective camera

1889

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

1889

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

1705-1737

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

1934

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

Spark gap or knob coherer, 1889

1889

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Great Western Railway splasher plate

1889

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Cupriferous sandstone from Schweinkopf

before 1889

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

1889

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

1889

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

1889

Cobalt ore from New Caledonia

before 1889

Barlow & Jones Limited Woven Banner

1887

Revised Classification of Merchandise Traffic and Revised Schedule of Maximum Rates and Charges Applicable thereto, proposed to be charged by the Eastern and Midlands Railway Company

1889-02

Case and parts for 12 x 15 inch Chapman 'British' plate camera

circa 1888

Three bulb lamp fitting from Wentworth Castle by Faraday and Son

circa 1886

Forth Bridge Railway Co. rivet from Forth Bridge

1888; 1984

Photograph showing 4 different expressions

circa 1886

Surgical and dental instrument set

1889

Book of Cloud Prints With Two Boxes of Photographic Negatives

1888

Model of Ggantija megalithic temple on the Maltese island of Gozo, 3000-2500 BC.

3000-2500 BCE

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

Leclanché battery

1887

Lock stitch sewing machine head with step feed for sewing leather or other heavy work

1888

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

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

2000 BCE

Copper medal

1888

Silver medal commemorating 50th anniversary of Meran health resorts under auspices of Ferdinand and Franz Joseph I

1886

Gilt pendant medal commemorating inauguration of statue to F.V. Raspail

1889

Bronze prize medal awarded by Vienna Academy of Medicine and Surgery

1832-1850