Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Ring transformer, 1892

1892

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Shoehorn made from Rescued Brass from Thirsk Disaster

1892

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

1705-1737

Kodak No 1 Camera

circa 1891

Glass-stoppered bottle containing uranium

1801-1892 (prepared); 1946 (element replaced)

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

1934

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Oval badge

1891

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

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

2050-1750 BCE

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

1990-95

Model of Henry Cavendish's Torsion Balance Gravitational Apparatus, 1798

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

Reynaud's Praxinoscope Theatre

1879 (1956)

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

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

Ms. description of pumping

1891

Arrangement drawings (3) of H.M. colonial cruiser "Katoomba"

1891

Three gauges, tool for securing interchangeability in photographic lenses and two samples of same.

1892

Sketch of Tower Bridge Hoists showing arrangement of locking gear by which the outer gate must be locked before door of cradle can be closed

1891

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

2000-100 BCE

Early Linotype composing machine, 1892

1892

Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill

1730; 1967

Anschutz Tachyscope

1891

Horizontal Steam Fire Engine

1892

Forth Bridge Railway Co. rivet from Forth Bridge

1888; 1984

Stirn's Dectective Camera, 1892

1892

Beeches

circa 1891

A Woodland Path

circa 1891

Drawing entitled 'H.M. Colonial Crusier "Mildura" Sheer Drawing'

1891

Small pump for pneumatic cycle tyres

1892

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

London and South Western Railway [Charles Scotter]

1891

Reversible axe on adze, green stone blade, North Papua (Astrolabe Bay)

2000 BCE

Jacobs, dealer in coal

1892

Silver, rectangular medal

1892

Bronze prize medal awarded by Vienna Academy of Medicine and Surgery

1832-1850