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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)

Replica Grand Junction Railway travelling post office

1938

Passalong Test, London, England, 1937

1937

Ceramic plate depicting Ely Cathedral, London & North Eastern Railway

1938

Ceramic plate depicting Norwich Cathedral, London & North Eastern Railway

1938

Ceramic plate depicting Peterborough Cathedral, London & North Eastern Railway

1938

Coronation Class Livery Sample

1938

Ceramic plate depicting Durham Cathedral, London & North Eastern Railway

1938

Bottle containing sodium bicarbonate tablets

1937-1937

model scammell mechanical horse

1938

Model locomotive, Deutsche Reichbahn

1938

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Envelope for rubber catheter

1937-1938

Original laboratory sample of 'M and B 693', England, 1938

1938

'Tabloid' medicine chest, used for 1938 Mt. Everest expedition

1937-1938

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

1937

London & North Eastern Railway steam locomotive 'Mallard'

1938

Motor brake 3rd, SR 2-Bil Unit

1937

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Amateur radio call books, 1938 and 1951

1938 and 1951

Ceramic cup, London & North Eastern Railway

1937

Lincoln Cathedral plate

1938

Ceramic plate depicting York Minster, London & North Eastern Railway

1938

Catheter, part of 1938 Everest expedition kit

1937-1938

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Model of Great Central Railway "Atlantic" Express Locomotive

1903 (original); 1982 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Post Office 332 telephone, 1938

1938

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

LMS(R) steam locomotive with tender 'Duchess of Hamilton' 4-6-2 Coronation class, No 6229, 1938

1938

4 Cor electric motor coach

1937

London Midland & Scottish Railway United Dairies milk wagon, 1937

1937

Gresley Buffet Car

1937

model steam locomotive 4-4-2

1938

Glass-stoppered bottle containing uranium

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

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

1990-95

Model Boat from Cyclades, 2800 BC

2800 BCE

Model of the PS 'Great Western'

1937

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

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

2050-1750 BCE

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

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

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

1935; 1958

Imperial State Crown

1937

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

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

2000-1001 BCE

Reynaud's Praxinoscope Theatre

1879 (1956)

Marconiphone 706 television receiver

1938

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

1937

Child fishing on the pier

1937-07-29