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
Coherer with coarse brass turnings, 1894
1894
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
Presentation scissors, SS Vienna
1894
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Brake van, London & South Western Railway
1894
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)
Zither switch with open-wire multiple and two-motion ratchet drive, 1894
1894
Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, 1934
1934
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Ottawa & Gatineau Valley Railway commemorative salver
1893
Locomotive tender no. 1002, Great Northern Railway
1893
Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1st Class carriage 'Traveller'
1930 (replica); 1834 (original)
Oval badge
1891
Flat steel-spring (or watch-spring) coherer, 1894
1894
Iron borings coherer (Branly type), 1894
1894
Iron borings coherer (Branly type), 1894
1894
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
Hong Kong plague medal, England, 1894
1894
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
Welsbach type C gas burner, 1893 for upright mantle.
1893
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
Weight perception apparatus in case
1893
Gold amulet in the form of Duamutef, Egypt, 2000-100 BCE
2000-100 BCE
Early Linotype composing machine, 1892
1892
Brunsviga calculating machine, 1892.
1892-1893
Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill
1730; 1967
Single-cylinder Oil Engine
1894