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The Science Museum now holds a collection of over 300,000
items, including such famous items as Stephenson's Rocket, Puffing Billy (the
oldest surviving steam locomotive), the first jet engine, a reconstruction of
Francis Crick and James Watson's model of DNA, some of the earliest remaining
steam engines, a working example of Charles Babbage's Difference engine, the
first prototype of the 10,000-year Clock of the Long Now, and documentation of
the first typewriter. It also contains hundreds of interactive exhibits. A
recent addition is the IMAX 3D Cinema showing science and nature documentaries,
some of them in 3-D, and the Welcome Wing which focuses on digital
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