'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
One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889
1889
Model ground signal, North London Railway
1888
Novelty model
1955; 1830
Copper ore from the Bell Mine
before 1889
Arsenical cobalt or skutterudite, from Skutterude, near Modum, Norway
before 1889
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
Model Draw Door Weir, 1872
1872 (original); 1909 (model)
Scutcher, made by Platt Brothers & Co. Ltd
1889
The Demon Detective camera
1889
Single-lens Cine Camera by Louis Le Prince
1888
Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888
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)
Tank wagon, North Eastern Railway - Shell-Mex and BP Ltd
1889
One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889
1889
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Great Western Railway splasher plate
1889
'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century
1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Spark gap or knob coherer, 1889
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
Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936
1936
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Rigged model of the "Cutty Sark"
1900-1933 (model); 1869 (original)
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Rigged model of Flemish carvel construction Carrack
1910-1921
Portion of one of the iron clamps from the Parthenon at Athens
before 1889
Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois
1925; 1862
First Public Demonstration of a Montgolfier Balloon, 4th June, 1783.
1783; 1914
Medal, bronze, commemorating Luigi Galvani
1888
Early moving coil voltmeter
1889
Rheostat, Kelvin Pattern
1888
"Vernier" potentiometer (Thomson-Varley slides)
1889
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)
Stone quarry on the Island of Portland - 1889. Unsigned watercolour
1889
Bust on wooden base of Andrew Ross
1859; 1986
Model of crank shaft bearing with two adjusments
1888