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Signal Block Bell, South Eastern Railway

1862

Model railway turntable

1850

Colour lithograph of the S.S. 'Great Eastern'

1850-1859

Ramsbottom speed indicator

1860

Gordon universal type dental forceps

1835-1870

Cooke's train signalling instrument of 1845, Norfolk Railway

1845

Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849

1849

Bridge plaque - 1855

1855

Down Pipe from Maldon Witham & Braintree Railway

1846-1859

Single-needle block instrument

1845

Decorated keystone from South Stockton arch, Thornaby station

1842

Railway bridge section

1850

Swannington Incline Winding Engine, Leicester & Swannington Railway, 1832

1832

London & North Western Railway steam locomotive 'Pet' 0-4-0ST

1865

John Ellis

1858

Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway, composite 1st & 2nd class railway carriage

1834

Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway 2nd Class railway carriage, 1834

1834

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848

1848

Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854

1854

Stirling single locomotive wheel casting pattern, Great Northern Railway

1870

Lancet case, carved with pictures of Napoleon's tomb

1821-1850

Model of Grew's locomotive for ice

circa 1861

Magnetic key, 1850-1870

1850-1870

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Henley's magneto electric double needle telegraph, 1848-1852

1848-1852

Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph, 1858

1858

Tortoiseshell lancet case

1831-1870

Silver lancet case, empty

1833

Column dial by Henry Robert

1831-1870

James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

Charles Green Aeronaut

1836

One of four original Swan and Raven models

1867

One of four original Swan and Raven models used by Froude

1867

Lid for Self Cleansing carbon filter

circa 1861

Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe

1854

Longcase clock, Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works

1857

Station bell, Manchester & Leeds Railway

1842

Specimen of First Telegraph Line, 1837

1837

Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845

1845

Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

1858

The Great Exhibition Polka 1851

1851

Atlantic cable specimen, 1865

1865

Sample of the first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858

1858-03-02

Lord Kelvin's 'ironclad' marine galvanometer, 1865-1866

1865-1866

Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

Sample of submarine telegraph cable, 1866

1866

Cylinder electrical machine, 1810-1817

1810-1817

Machine used for covering wires with silk and cotton, 1837

1837