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Barber-Colman knotter.

circa 1925

'Cat's whisker' Crystal Radio

1920-1925

Gecophone Crystal Detector Radio Set No. 1, 1923

1923

Oxygen cylinder used by climbers on 1953 Mount Everest expedition

1952-3

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Petrol locomotive

1925

Marconi-Sykes magnetophone

1923

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Rorschach Inkblot Test, Bern Switzerland, 1942

1921

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Roger's Vitalator

1925

Wooden prosthetic hand with rigid fingers

circa 1920

McKay artificial left arm

1920

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Artificial arm, 1920-1925.

1920-1925

Telephone crossbar switch, Swedish Ericsson, 1921

1921

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

Amplion loud speaker with wooden horn, 1925

1925

Framed poster advocating vaccination against smallpox

1923

Savoy Hill 'Meat Safe' microphone stand

1923

Earth thermometer with bent stem, c. 1925.

1925

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

1990-95

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Three-valve radio receiver, 1922-1925

1922-1925

Royal 10 typewriter

1920

Manufactured insulin, 'Iletin', United States, 1923

1923

Locomotive worksplate

1920

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

1934

Tizer bottle

1925

"Dreadnought" bookmaker's bag by the Richmond Time Recording Co.

circa 1925

Whitaker Tunnelling Machine

1921

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

1580-1588; 1930

Working Model locomotive

1922

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

1921

Model of Great Central Railway "Atlantic" Express Locomotive

1903 (original); 1982 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Portable thermometer screen

1925

Dictaphone, Type A, c. 1924

1924

Adapted Hailwood's type 01 miner's safety lamp

circa 1925

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

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

2050-1750 BCE

Burroughs Class 5 hand operated mechanical adding machine with ten registers

1920-1925

Radio tuning coil No. 200, 1922-1923

1922-1923

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Popular Wireless no. 1 vol. 1, 1922

1922

Burndept Ultra IV wireless receiver, glass back No. 4798, 1923

1923

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Rolling ball clock by E. Dent and Co

1920