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Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Single-lens Cine Camera by Louis Le Prince

1888

Model ground signal, North London Railway

1888

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

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

1705-1737

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

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

1934

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1990-95

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Model of submersible 'Turtle'

1976; 1776

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

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

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Copy of Lodestone believed to have been used by Queen Anne

1929 (copy); 1702-1714 (original)

Original Tesla Induction Motor presented by Tesla to Prof. Ayrton

Original Tesla induction motor, 1887-1888.

1887-1888

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

Rectilinear Landscape Lens by J H Dallmeyer

1888

Graphophone record cylinder

1887

Framed Photograph of Louis Le Prince and Eight Stills from his moving pictures

1888

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Kilo-ampere balance (a) Box containing sliding weights

1888

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

1730; 1967

London Brighton & South Coast Railway. £25 Reward

circa 1888

Carbon filament light bulb with pale blue glass

circa 1888

Iron Weight

1910-130

One of two Sumerian solid cylindrical weights

circa 2000 BCE

2 circular plaster casts of the 2 halves of a Greek coin

700-100 BCE; 1930-1950

Whole model of the cutter racing yacht "Formosa"

1887

'The International' Folding Bellows Tailboard Field or Stand Camera, Case and Three Book Form Double Darkslides.

1887

Cylindrical Type Actinograph Exposure Calculator

circa 1888

exposure meter; actinometer

1887

Roman stone water main

30

Patent Instantograph Camera

1888

'Rover' Quarter Plate Camera

1888

steam engine

1887

One of Two Diaphragmatic Shutters

1887