Model of the "Planet" Locomotive
1830 (original); 1967 (model)
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
Model steam locomotive
1890
Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835
1934
Marine thermometer by Negretti and Zambra
1890
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
Wooden commemorative plaque, Thirsk 1892, North Eastern Railway
1892
Electrotype replica of a 16th-century mariner’s astrolabe
1580-1588; 1930
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
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
Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936
1936
Mousetrap Camera
1834-1836
Model of Henry Cavendish's Torsion Balance Gravitational Apparatus, 1798
1798 (original); 1977 (model)
Reynaud's Praxinoscope Theatre
1879 (1956)
Portraits of prisoners
circa 1890
Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE
2000-1001 BCE
Going North, King's Cross Station
1893
Dye Sample
circa 1890
Sample of Acid Yellow Dye
circa 1890
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
Shoehorn made from Rescued Brass from Thirsk Disaster
1892
Oval badge
1891
Glass-stoppered bottle containing uranium
1801-1892 (prepared); 1946 (element replaced)
Forth Bridge Railway Co. rivet from Forth Bridge
1888; 1984
Tippler Toilet
1890
Queen Victoria's pony bath chair
1893
Replica of Lightning Conductor by Benjamin Franklin, United States, 1730-1760
1730-1760 (original); 1931-1939 (replica)
Snow plough, North Eastern Railway
1891
Model of Mud House
6000-5000BCE