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Oxygen cylinder used by climbers on 1953 Mount Everest expedition

1952-3

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Vitaphone disc for sound film 'Sunny' (1930, USA)

1930

London & North Eastern Railway ceramic cat

circa 1930

Neveroil Roller Bearing axlebox for light railway truck

1930

Harwood self-winding wrist-watch of about 1930

circa 1930

Novelty model

1955; 1830

vacuum cleaner

1930

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Siemens Neophone telephone, 1929

1929

Model of Great Central Railway "Atlantic" Express Locomotive

1903 (original); 1982 (model)

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Glass-stoppered bottle containing uranium

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

Ship's bell, Southern Railway

1930

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Train indicator board, Great Western Railway

1930

Thomas Lewis’ electrocardiograph

1930

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Bottle of medicinal water from temple of Asklepios at Athens

1930

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

1934

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

1990-95

Slum housing

1930s

Junior upright vacuum cleaner

circa 1930; 1920

Statue depicting Shou Lao (Shou Xing), Chinese God of Longevity

before 1930

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

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

Beyer-Garratt South African Railways Locomotive

1929

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

Westrex 35mm Sound and Film Editing Machine

1930s

Model Boat from Cyclades, 2800 BC

2800 BCE

No 37 Samsonia Model J Perfect Engineer's Vice

1929

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

Leica I camera

1930

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

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

Amy Johnson in her plane 'Jason'

circa 1930

Glass copy negative of Roundhay Garden Scene

1930s (1888)

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

2050-1750 BCE

Technicolor cine camera

1930s

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

Reynaud's Praxinoscope Theatre

1879 (1956)

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

700 BCE; 1931

John Player and Sons' Album of Film Stars

1930s

vacuum cleaner

1930

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

2000-1001 BCE

The orange market outside the city walls

1940-03

A driver at wheel of an Amilcar C6 racing car

1933-05

A photographic print of Films, "Bells Go Down"

1942-09

A photographic print of Ballet, Hamlet

1942-07