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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)

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

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

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

Framed poster advocating vaccination against smallpox

1923

Savoy Hill 'Meat Safe' microphone stand

1923

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

1990-95

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Manufactured insulin, 'Iletin', United States, 1923

1923

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

1934

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

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

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

2050-1750 BCE

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

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

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

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

Reynaud's Praxinoscope Theatre

1879 (1956)

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

2000-1001 BCE

Soho Reflex Camera, Tropical model

circa 1923

Glass-stoppered bottle containing uranium

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

Burndept mark IV tuner with glass back, 1922-1923

1922-1923

Forth Bridge Railway Co. rivet from Forth Bridge

1888; 1984

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

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

Steam locomotive, named Super D

1921

Model of Mud House

6000-5000BCE

Plaster cast of early Egyptian water clock or 'clepsydra' from original dating from between 1415-1380 BCE, reign of Amenhotep III, found at Karnak Temple in 1904.

Egyptian Water Clock

1922

'Caerphilly Castle' Steam locomotive

1923

Debrie Sept 35mm cine camera

1921

BBC 'Bijou' Crystal Set Receiver Type 6

1923-07

Cyclecar

1921

A Manufacturing Town' by L. S. Lowry, 1922. Oil on panel, signed and dated, bottom left. An industrial cityscape in the spirit of a northern town such as the artist's native Salford. The artist combines elements of factory buildings, mine heads, smoking chimneys, busy street life and civic pride.

A Manufacturing Town' by L. S. Lowry

1922

Replica Bavarian reckoning cloth, German, 16th century.

1501-1600; 1972

Austin Seven motor car, 1922.

1922