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Alcock and Brown's Vickers Vimy Biplane

1919

'Openshaw' artificial wooden hand

circa 1919

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Brass worksplate, Manning Wardle & Co

1920

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Rolling ball clock by E. Dent and Co

1920

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Wooden prosthetic hand with rigid fingers

circa 1920

Wrapping block

circa 1920

McKay artificial left arm

1920

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Brass worksplate no 1982, Manning Wardle & Co

1920

Locomotive worksplate

1920

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Oxygen cylinder used by climbers on 1953 Mount Everest expedition

1952-3

Glass-stoppered bottle containing uranium

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

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

1934

Lap Scales

circa 1920

Steam Locomotive, number 901

1919

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Model of Great Central Railway "Atlantic" Express Locomotive

1903 (original); 1982 (model)

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Sectioned model steam locomotive boiler

circa 1920

British War medal - G.F.W. Keen

1920

Victory Medal, 1914-1919

1919

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

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

1990-95

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Forth Bridge Railway Co. rivet from Forth Bridge

1888; 1984

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

2050-1750 BCE

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

Photographer's 'Birdie'

circa 1920

Royal 10 typewriter

1920

Reynaud's Praxinoscope Theatre

1879 (1956)

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

Model of an Assyrian kelek or raft of inflated ox-hides, one of three models of Babylonian vessels of skin

700 BCE; 1931

Model of Mud House

6000-5000BCE

Audio cassette, 'Alf's Teeth' produced for British Rail Red Star parcels services

1985-11

BBC 'Bijou' Crystal Set Receiver Type 6

1923-07

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

Flymo Super Professional 47 rotary air cushion mower

Flymo Super Professional 47 rotary air cushion mower

1979-80

Cut-throat razor marked `43 Garantie Paris'; steel blade

circa 1920

Steson's `Little Wonder' cut-throat razor

circa 1920

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

"The Wonderful Puzzle Fifteen" puzzle

1920

Bust on wooden base of Andrew Ross

1859; 1986