Oxygen cylinder used by climbers on 1953 Mount Everest expedition
1952-3
Model of the "Planet" Locomotive
1830 (original); 1967 (model)
Pullman Car Company, called Topaz
1913
Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera
1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)
Burroughs hand operated adding and listing machine
1913
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois
1925; 1862
The Ivel Agricultural Tractor
1902; 1913-1920
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835
1934
Papier mache model of human eye
1913
Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, 1934
1934
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Electrotype replica of a 16th-century mariner’s astrolabe
1580-1588; 1930
Bronchitis amulet
1914
Model of Great Central Railway "Atlantic" Express Locomotive
1903 (original); 1982 (model)
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430
1960-1979
Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE
2050-1750 BCE
Novelty model
1955; 1830
Steiff donkey on wheels
circa 1913
Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936
1936
Mousetrap Camera
1834-1836
Model of Henry Cavendish's Torsion Balance Gravitational Apparatus, 1798
1798 (original); 1977 (model)
Reynaud's Praxinoscope Theatre
1879 (1956)
Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE
2000-1001 BCE
First World War first field dressing
1914
Bronchitis amulet
1914
Glass-stoppered bottle containing uranium
1801-1892 (prepared); 1946 (element replaced)
The Ever Ready Co. hand torch
1914
Robinson Air Engine, 1914
1914
Forth Bridge Railway Co. rivet from Forth Bridge
1888; 1984
Replica of Lightning Conductor by Benjamin Franklin, United States, 1730-1760
1730-1760 (original); 1931-1939 (replica)
Barometer, Kew pattern, for use at meteorological stations
1914
Model of Mud House
6000-5000BCE
Working model of Hero's Aeolipile
100-1 BCE; 1501-1600; 1914
BBC 'Bijou' Crystal Set Receiver Type 6
1923-07
‘Barker Universal’ electric massage apparatus, United States, 1913-1914
1913-1914
Hirth minimeter
circa 1920; 1907
Replica Bavarian reckoning cloth, German, 16th century.
1501-1600; 1972
Glass necklace worn to prevent bronchitis, Greenwich, London, 1914
1914
Bronchitis amulet
1914
Model of submersible 'Turtle'
1976; 1776
Model of an Egyptian boat in XII Dynasty Tomb
1991-1783 BCE
Glass necklace worn to prevent bronchitis, Chelsea, London, England, 1914
1914
Images showing West Indian migrants arriving at London’s Waterloo station in May 1962
1962-05