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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

Caledonian express no 938

1915

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Model of Great Central Railway "Atlantic" Express Locomotive

1903 (original); 1982 (model)

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Impulse sender (dial), 1915

1915

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

1915

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

London & North Western Railway motor coach

1915

Carriage Ashtray from Quintinshill Disaster

1915

1914-1915 star medal - G F W Keen

1915

"Ingersoll" wrist watch with leather strap

1915

Dye Sample

1916

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

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

1916

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

Glass-stoppered bottle containing uranium

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

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

'Lucky Jim' toy cat mascot

circa 1915

Clock Case from Quintinshill Signal Box

1915-1916

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

1934

Artifcial left arm, United States, 1915

1915

The slums of Govan

1956-09

Oxygen cylinder used by climbers on 1953 Mount Everest expedition

1952-3

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

The slums of Govan

1956-09

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Artificial left arm, United States, 1915

1915

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

2050-1750 BCE

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

1990-95

Ferranti transformer

1915

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

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

Charlie Chaplin as a young man in Hollywood

circa 1916

Reynaud's Praxinoscope Theatre

1879 (1956)

The Slums of Govan

1956-09

Electrotype replica of a 16th-century mariner’s astrolabe

1580-1588; 1930

Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

2000-1001 BCE

Microbalance used during 1953 Mount everest expedition

1952-3

Whole model of the screw tug 'Victor'

1884-1885; 1919

Model of H.M. Brigantine 'Dolphin'

1950-1977 (model); 1836 (original)

Model of submersible 'Turtle'

1976; 1776

Western Union polar relay 17B, dated 14.12.1915

1915

Earthenware jug

2000-1350

Ericsson portable magneto telephone-set

1915

Western Union combination Wheatstone relay

1915