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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)

Coronet Midget

1936

Passalong Test, London, England, 1937

1937

12-ton 3-Plank open wagon

1936

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

4 Cor electric motor coach

1937

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Compagnie Internationale de Wagon-Lits et de Grands Express Europeens sleeping car, 1936

1936

Gresley Buffet Car

1937

Milk van, Great Western Railway

1936

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Motor brake 3rd, SR 2-Bil Unit

1937

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

1990-95

Motor coach, driving trailer composite, SR 2-Bil Unit

1937

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

Southwick type automatic mallet

1937

Model of the PS 'Great Western'

1937

Steam locomotive 'Green Arrow'

1936

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

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

Bottle containing sodium bicarbonate tablets

1937-1937

Glass-stoppered bottle containing uranium

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

19 Photographs of Alexandra Palace and Television Equipment

1936

Forth Bridge Railway Co. rivet from Forth Bridge

1888; 1984

I'm Taking an Early Holiday Cos I Know Summer Comes Soonest in the South

1936

Model of Mud House

6000-5000BCE

Dennis fire engine

1936

The Coronation Scot

1937

Replica Bavarian reckoning cloth, German, 16th century.

1501-1600; 1972

Rigged model of the Brixham trawler 'Valerian', with trawl and five extra sails

1935; 1958

Model of submersible 'Turtle'

1976; 1776

Model of an Egyptian boat in XII Dynasty Tomb

1991-1783 BCE

Wurlitzer Simplex multi-selector juke box model 412

1936

Images showing West Indian migrants arriving at London’s Waterloo station in May 1962

1962-05

Specimen of television cable, 1936

1936

ESP Test cards, also known as Zener cards, United States, 1937

1937

Vinten Model H 35mm film cine camera

circa 1936

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

Flint hand tool, side-scraper, made in the Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE

Compass miniature camera

1937

Broadcast Receiver with Moulded Bakelite Cabinet

circa 1936

Kine Exakta camera

1936

Kima model microscope and accessories by W. Watson and Sons Ltd.

1937