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Single-lens Cine Camera by Louis Le Prince

1888

Scutcher, made by Platt Brothers & Co. Ltd

1889

Model ground signal, North London Railway

1888

The Demon Detective camera

1889

Copper ore from the Bell Mine

before 1889

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

before 1889

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

1889

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Great Western Railway splasher plate

1889

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1889

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Cupriferous sandstone from Schweinkopf

before 1889

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

1705-1737

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

1889

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

1889

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

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

1934

Spark gap or knob coherer, 1889

1889

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

Lancashire Boiler

1889

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

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

Manchester Royal Jubilee Exhibition commemorative handkerchief

1887

Forth Bridge Railway Co. rivet from Forth Bridge

1888; 1984

Stirn's 'America' Detective Camera

1889

Surgical and dental instrument set

1889

Reproduction of Joseph Priestley's oxygen apparatus

1774; 1923

Swan United Electric Light Co.cabron filament lamp without cap

circa 1887

Gold amulet in the form of Duamutef, Egypt, 2000-100 BCE

2000-100 BCE

Graphophone record cylinder

1887

Kodak No. 2 Camera, 1889

1889

Two Spools of Celluloid Made by Louis Le Prince and Case

1888-1889

The 1889 Instantograph Camera

1889

exposure meter; actinometer

1887

Roman stone water main

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