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Telephone crossbar switch, Swedish Ericsson, 1921

1921

McKay artificial left arm

1920

Brass worksplate, Manning Wardle & Co

1920

Working Model locomotive

1922

Wrapping block

circa 1920

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Wooden prosthetic hand with rigid fingers

circa 1920

Novelty model

1955; 1830

"Swiftsure" copper posser by the British Vacuum Wsher Co. of Islington

1921

Lap Scales

circa 1920

British War medal - G.F.W. Keen

1920

"Ogee-de-Luxe" face massager

1920

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Brass worksplate no 1982, Manning Wardle & Co

1920

Amplifying valve type V24, 1920-1922

1920-1922

Ora wireless receiving triode, 1921

1921

Locomotive worksplate

1920

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

1934

Popular Wireless no. 1 vol. 1, 1922

1922

Model of Great Central Railway "Atlantic" Express Locomotive

1903 (original); 1982 (model)

Sectioned model steam locomotive boiler

circa 1920

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Card of Authority to use portable receiver, 1922

1922

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Glass-stoppered bottle containing uranium

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

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Flying Scotsman Australian tickets

1989-08

Monotype Cutting and Grinding Machine

1922

Newspaper clipping of William Friese-Greene's funeral

14 May 1921

Album of press cuttings about the death of William Friese-Greene in 1921

circa 1921

Director class "Butler Henderson", Great Central Railway

1920

Captain John Noel's cine camera used on 1922 Everest expedition

1922

Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill

1730; 1967

Kaynite coil-winding machine 1922

1922

Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements

1972-3

Plano-convex brick, Ubaid, Iraq, c 2500 BC.

2500 BCE

Victory brick of about 1920, 9.5" x 4" x 2.5"

1920

Several straight suture needles

1950-1920

Intelligence test, Chicago, United States, 1915-1925

circa 1920

Coolidge tube, United States, 1920

1920

Printing plate fixed to a block of wood

1920

Tattooing set consisting of fibre brush and wooden blade-handle

1970-1910

McVitie Weston valve collection, Seddig triode valve

1922

McVitie Weston valve collection, Ediswan valve, type E.H.T. 220kV

circa 1920

Osram "atmostype" tungsten filament lamp

1920

Sullivan heterodyne wavemeter model K5, No. 21 1922

1922

Post-nasal curette

1971-1900

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

1990-95

McVitie Weston valve collection, Ferranti Extraudion valve

1922