Image
Category
Collection
Maker
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Object type
Place
Material
Date

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Single-lens Cine Camera by Louis Le Prince

1888

Model ground signal, North London Railway

1888

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1934

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

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

1705-1737

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

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

1990-95

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

Model of a Montgolfier Balloon, 1783

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

1783; 1914

Medal, bronze, commemorating Luigi Galvani

1888

Bronze medal

1887

Rheostat, Kelvin Pattern

1888

Ammeter graduated to 100 amperes

1887

Voltmeter graduated to 100 volts

1887

Muirhead Clark standard cell

1888

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Chromium steel valve from a steam engine indicator by McInnes-Dobbie Limited

1888 (design date)

Bust on wooden base of Andrew Ross

1859; 1986

Model of crank shaft bearing with two adjusments

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

Remington No. 5 typewriter, c. 1888

circa 1888

First alternating current magnifying strip spring ammeter

1888

Resistance by Herbert Taylor 1887

1887

Specimen of steel produced by the Basic or Thomas-Gilchrist process

1887

Solid bronze phallic amulet in form of priapus with hind legs and tail of horse

30-200

Alabaster mortar

2000-1350

Bronze probe(?), twisted stem, Romano-Egyptian

20-500

Set of Traverse tables by R.L. Gurden used in the University of Edinburgh

1888

Specimen of steel produced by the Basic or Thomas Gilchrist process

1887

Olive ended probe, bronze, Romano-Egyptian

20-500

Specimen of steel produced by the Basic or Thomas Gilchrist process

1887

Black stone container or palette

2000-1000