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Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Travelling tea case in leather case

1895

Enamel notice, Dinorwic Quarries Railway

1895

London & South Western Railway pathway notice

1896

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Shoehorn made from Rescued Brass from Thirsk Disaster

1892

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

model crane - little elephant

1896

Cape Government locomotive and tender 4-8-0, 1896

1896

Coherer with coarse brass turnings, 1894

1894

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Portrait of the Reverand Henry Nelthropp MA, FSA (1820 – 1901)

1896

Ring transformer, 1892

1892

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

A T & T national telephone directory, October 1896

1896

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Oval badge

1891

Ottawa & Gatineau Valley Railway commemorative salver

1893

Presentation scissors, SS Vienna

1894

Model twin-screw steamship 'Kirkham', Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway

1896

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

model stockton & darlington railway coach "experiment"

1895

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Carding Engine

1896

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

1705-1737

Iron borings coherer (Branly type), 1894

1894

Glass-stoppered bottle containing uranium

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

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

1934

Iron borings coherer (Branly type), 1894

1894

Portrait bust of Lord Kelvin, 1896

1896

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Locomotive tender no. 1002, Great Northern Railway

1893

Brake van, London & South Western Railway

1894

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1894

Flat steel-spring (or watch-spring) coherer, 1894

1894

Wooden commemorative plaque, Thirsk 1892, North Eastern Railway

1892

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

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

1990-95

Tube used in the discovery of the electron, about 1896

1896

Letter written by Dr Neill Cream while in police custody, England, 1892

1892

Replica of Lightning Conductor by Benjamin Franklin, United States, 1730-1760

1730-1760 (original); 1931-1939 (replica)

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979