Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

model triple-screw steamship st. denis

1908

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Model steam locomotive and model railway carriage

1909

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Model of Great Central Railway "Atlantic" Express Locomotive

1903 (original); 1982 (model)

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Sectioned conjectural model of 'Rocket' steam locomotive

1909

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

East Coast Joint Stock passenger brake van

1908

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

Watch and wrist strap

1908

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

1990-95

Oxygen cylinder used by climbers on 1953 Mount Everest expedition

1952-3

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Respirometer used on 1953 Mount Everest expedition

1952-3

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

A photographic print of Industry, Welding

1930-09

A photographic print of Home & Housing, Pre War Only, Housing - Slums - Scotland Only

1956-09

A photographic print of Industry, Typewriters

1940-01

A photographic print of Fishing, Mackerel & Pilchard

1938-08

A photographic print of Home & Housing, Pre War Only, Housing - Slums - Scotland Only

1956-09

A photographic print of Industry, Saddle Making

1950-08

A photographic print of Industry, Shipbuilding, Miscellaneous - General Views of Boats in Stocks, Launching

1940-05

A photographic print of Industry, Metal - Iron & Steel, Steel Converters, Furnaces, Tapping

1940-06

A photographic print of Films, "Ships with Wings"

1941-04

A photographic print of Industry, Shipbreaking

1935-01

A photographic print of Birds, Budgerigars, (Illustrated Series)

1939-02

A photographic print of Princess Elizabeth, Army Trooping the Colour, 1951

1951-06

A photographic print of Industry, Fuel & Power, Gas - Miscellaneous

1947-04

A photographic print of Home & Housing, Pre War Only, Housing - Slums - Scotland Only

1956-09

A photographic print of Home & Housing, Pre War Only, Housing - Flats Miscellaneous, (Agency Only)

1940-08

A photographic print of Housing, Post War, Early Post War Difficulties - Vigilantes

1945-07

A photographic print of Industry, Scientific Experiments, Binocular, Compass, etc

1942-06

Daily Herald Photograph; Gloucester Spot Pigs

1935-03

A photographic print of Industry, Fuel & Power, Electricity - Power Stations, Bankside

1953-01

A photographic print of Industry, Fuel & Power, Peat (including Fuel from Mud)

1934-08

A photographic print of Industry, Metal - Iron & Steel, Steel Casting & Moulding

1939-01

A photographic print of Home & Housing, Pre War Only, Housing - Slums - Scotland Only

1956-09

A photographic print of Home & Housing, Pre War Only, Housing - Slums - Manchester

1934-03

A photographic print of Industry, Shipbreaking

1949-09

A photographic print of Food & Drink, Whisky

1945-06