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Category
Collection
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Object type
Place
Material
Date

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Ceramic tile map of North Eastern Railway

circa 1900

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

1705-1737

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Model of fog signal machine and repeater

1900

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Filings coherer, glass tube formed into T-shape at one end and bent round into U-shape at other end with bulb, 1899

1899

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Mystery watch by Armand Schwob & Frère

1900

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Platt Brothers Notice

1899

Model steam

1899

Wooden foreplane, 1900.

1900

Poster for Magni & C. Vicenza, printed by G Ricordi & C Milano c1900

circa 1900

Poured wax doll

circa 1900

Ribbon loom with jacquard head

circa 1900

Morse tape on which signals were recorded by means of a coherer, 1900

1900

Receiving ‘jigger’ used by the Marconi Company, 1899

1899

Experimental transmitting ‘jigger’ used by the Marconi Company, 1899

1899

Brass worksplate no 1517, Manning Wardle & Co

1900

Portrait bust of Sir John Hawkshaw

1899

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Dining Car number 76, London & North Western Railway

1900

Felt and Tarrant Comptometer, 1887.

circa 1900

Replica of a hobby-horse cycle

circa 1900

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

Glass-stoppered bottle containing uranium

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

Filings coherer, glass tube formed into bulbs at each end at right angles, 1899

1899

Watch with complications and minute repeating by Samuel Smith & Son

1899

Plaque for cot, Great Ormond Street Hospital

1900

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Platt Brothers Notice

1899

Braiding Machine

circa 1900

Cesare Urtis & Co - Forniture Electriche

1900

Yarn Balance

circa 1900

Casket presented to Francis William Webb

1899

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

1934

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

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

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

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

Rigged model of the "Cutty Sark"

1900-1933 (model); 1869 (original)

Reynaud's Praxinoscope Theatre

1879 (1956)