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1899:
Nikola Tesla in his laboratory
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1800s
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1868:
Steam Robot
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1836:
Life on the Moon
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1884:
The Jull Centrifugal Snow Plough
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c.1894:
Model of the Moon
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1883-1886:
Animals and Humans in Motion by Eadweard Muybridge
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1879:
“Edison’s Anti-Gravitation Underclothing”, Punch
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c. 1865:
The Writing Ball
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1899-1928:
Circus Performers
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1800 - 1899:
Optical Model of the Eye
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1860:
Transporting a Tree on a Wagon
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c. 1850:
Phrenological Head
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24th May 1862:
First journey on the London Underground
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1888:
The Goddess of Liberty
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c. 1876:
Making the flame of Liberty
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1860s:
Women who fought as men in the Civil War
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1880-1920:
Male Anti-Masturbation Devices
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c. 1890s:
Girl and a stork
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1896-1907:
Victorian Cliff House
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1848:
Leo Tolstoy aged 20
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Late 1800s:
Polaire
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1890s-1900s:
Tsar Nicholas II Clowning Around with Friends
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c.1838:
First photograph of a human
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1870s:
Construction of the Statue of Liberty
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c.1850-1910:
Artificial Arm
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1800s:
Rescue Masks
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1858:
Last Napoleonic Veterans
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Late 1800s:
Double Portraits
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1800s:
Victorian Emoticons
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1905:
Bulldogs in Fancy Dress
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c.1880/1900:
Komuso “Basket” monks,
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1862:
Sioux Internment
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c.1900:
Meiji Era Geishas as Bathing Beauties
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1838:
Queen Victoria’s Coronation Ring
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1896:
Giant Tricycle
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c.1890s-1930s:
Zebra Carriages