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Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

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

1705-1737

Glass-stoppered bottle containing uranium

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

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

1934

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1990-95

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Model of submersible 'Turtle'

1976; 1776

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

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

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Copy of Lodestone believed to have been used by Queen Anne

1929 (copy); 1702-1714 (original)

Forth Bridge Railway Co. rivet from Forth Bridge

1888; 1984

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

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

1730; 1967

Iron Weight

1910-130

RGD Television

1965-195

One of two Sumerian solid cylindrical weights

circa 2000 BCE

2 circular plaster casts of the 2 halves of a Greek coin

700-100 BCE; 1930-1950

Stella Projection Television Receiver, Type ST1481

1950-159

Roman stone water main

30

Replica of Roman equal-arm balance, from Pompeii, 79 AD

1-79 CE; before 1914

Laboratory rack with 9 test tubes and reagent bottles

circa 1890; c1900

Earthenware jug

2000-1350

Alabaster bottle

2000-1350

Earthenware jug

2000-1350

Alabaster bottle

2000-1350

Flint knife blade

10,000-2,000 BCE

Rigged model of the "Cutty Sark"

1900-1933 (model); 1869 (original)

Model of a Viking Ship of about A.D.900, excavated from Gokstad

1913; circa 900 CE

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

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

Glass-stoppered bottle containing vanadium

1801-1892 (prepared); 1926 (element replaced)

Glass-stoppered bottle containing bromine

1801-1892 (prepared); 1926 (element replaced)

Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination

3000-1500

Alabaster mortar

2000-1350

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

2050-1750 BCE

Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements

1972-3

Plano-convex brick, Ubaid, Iraq, c 2500 BC.

2500 BCE

Small stone scarab pierced longitudinally with flat base engraved with design of standing harpist and seated figure

2000-1000