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One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

1889

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Single-lens Cine Camera by Louis Le Prince

1888

The Demon Detective camera

1889

Locomotive tender no. 1002, Great Northern Railway

1893

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

The "Perfect Vise"

1890

Light-bulb, filament, carbon

About 1890

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

Kodak No 1 Camera

circa 1891

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

1990-95

Lancashire Boiler

1889

Model steam locomotive

1890

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Travelling tea case in leather case

1895

Marine thermometer by Negretti and Zambra

1890

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

1889

Set of 8 brass handled

1890

Rabbit in cabbage musical automaton

1890

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

1934

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

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

1705-1737

Hertzian oscillator, 1890-1894

1890-1894

Iron borings coherer (Branly type), 1894

1894

Wooden commemorative plaque, Thirsk 1892, North Eastern Railway

1892

Shand Mason horse-drawn steam fire engine

1889-1894

Electrotype replica of a 16th-century mariner’s astrolabe

1580-1588; 1930

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Cupriferous sandstone from Schweinkopf

before 1889

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

1889

Three-wheeled motor car

1888

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

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

2050-1750 BCE

Dye Sample

circa 1890

Dye Sample

circa 1890

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Copper ore from the Bell Mine

before 1889

Presentation scissors, SS Vienna

1894

Zither switch with open-wire multiple and two-motion ratchet drive, 1894

1894

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Crookes' spiral periodic system

1888

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

Wooden casing and capping for electrical cables

1895