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Oxygen cylinder used by climbers on 1953 Mount Everest expedition

1952-3

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

'Lucky Jim' toy cat mascot

circa 1915

'Leiber's Five Letter American Telegraph Code', book issued 1915

1915

1914-1915 star medal - G F W Keen

1915

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

War memorial plaque, South Eastern & Chatham Railway

1914

Impulse sender (dial), 1915

1915

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Bronchitis amulet

1914

Bronchitis amulet

1914

Carriage Ashtray from Quintinshill Disaster

1915

Bronchitis amulet

1914

London & North Western Railway motor coach

1915

Glass-stoppered bottle containing uranium

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

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Caledonian express no 938

1915

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

1934

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

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

1705-1737

Necklet to cure sore throats

1914

London bronchitis necklet

1914

Model of Great Central Railway "Atlantic" Express Locomotive

1903 (original); 1982 (model)

Artifcial left arm, United States, 1915

1915

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

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

1990-95

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

The Ever Ready Co. hand torch

1914

Images showing West Indian migrants arriving at London’s Waterloo station in May 1962

1962-05

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

Model of a Montgolfier Balloon, 1783

First Public Demonstration of a Montgolfier Balloon, 4th June, 1783.

1783; 1914

Enamelled cross shaped medal with ribbon

1914

Lapel badge

1915

Rectangular bronze medal to commemorate R. Gersuny

1914

400th anniversary of the birth of Andreas Vesalius; 50th anniversary of Federation Medicale Belge

1914

400th anniversary of birth of Andreas Vesalius; 50th anniversary of Federation Medicale Belge

1914

Portrait photograph of William Henry Perkin Jr, 1914

1914

M Q Forster

1914

Portrait photograph of Sir William Crookes, 1914

1914

Portrait photograph of Herbert Brereton Baker, 1914

1914

Portrait photograph of Sir Henry Enfield Roscoe, 1914

1914

Portrait photograph of Sir William Ramsay, 1914

1914

Portrait photograph of William Henry Perkin Jr, 1914

1914

Clinical thermometer

1970-1900

Hylo' electric filament lamp with 3-point pull string

circa 1915