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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)

Artificial left arm, United Kingdom, 1914-1916

1914-1916

'Lucky Jim' toy cat mascot

circa 1915

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

1914-1915 star medal - G F W Keen

1915

Carriage Ashtray from Quintinshill Disaster

1915

Dye Sample

1916

War memorial plaque, South Eastern & Chatham Railway

1914

London & North Western Railway motor coach

1915

"Ingersoll" wrist watch with leather strap

1915

Impulse sender (dial), 1915

1915

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

1915

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Glass necklace worn to prevent bronchitis, Greenwich, London, 1914

1914

Glass necklace worn to prevent bronchitis, Chelsea, London, England, 1914

1914

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Bronchitis amulet

1914

Bronchitis amulet

1914

Bronchitis amulet

1914

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Clock Case from Quintinshill Signal Box

1915-1916

Model of Great Central Railway "Atlantic" Express Locomotive

1903 (original); 1982 (model)

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Caledonian express no 938

1915

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Model twin-screw steamship 'Engadine', South Eastern & Chatham Railway/Southern Railway

1916

Glass-stoppered bottle containing uranium

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

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

1705-1737

London bronchitis necklet

1914

Artifcial left arm, United States, 1915

1915

Necklet to cure sore throats

1914

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1934

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

1990-95

Charlie Chaplin as a young man in Hollywood

circa 1916

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

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

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

Model Boat from Cyclades, 2800 BC

2800 BCE

Robinson Air Engine, 1914

1914

First World War first field dressing

1914

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

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

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

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

2050-1750 BCE

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Barometer, Kew pattern, for use at meteorological stations

1914