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Date

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Seal die, Great North of England, Clarence & Hartlepool Junction Railway

1837

Cooke and Wheatstone five-needle telegraph

1837

Charles Green Aeronaut

1836

Specimen of First Telegraph Line, 1837

1837

Machine used for covering wires with silk and cotton, 1837

1837

Bishop Auckland & Weardale Railway seal die

1837

London & Birmingham Railway clock

1837

model passenger locomotive 1837

1837

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Section of first telegraph cable, 1837

1837

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)

Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1st Class carriage 'Traveller'

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Replica of 16th century German 'Hund' wagon, 1986

1986 (replica); 1501-1600 (original)

Cooke and Wheatstone 5-needle telegraph, 1837

1837

Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement

1705-1737

Copy of the Receiver and Alarm Call of Schilling's Electric Telegraph, 1870-1877

1870-1877

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

Syringe, silver, made in Birmingham in 1836

1836

2 lancets

1836

Wood tobacco pipe

1860-1820

Oesophageal forceps Durham's

1871-1830

Watercolour: The coal-mine wharf near the Moira Baths

1837

Ghent to Termonde Railway medal

1837

Malines to Antwerp Railway Medal

1836

Trade token, halfpenny or one sou

1837

White metal medal to commemorate William IV

1837

White metal medal to commemorate William IV

1837

Bronze medal

1836

Cicular bronze medal

1836

Alabaster kohl pot

2000-1350

Massey's patent, frictionless ocean depth sounder

1836

Walker's Railway Time Table, and Coach, Omnibus and Carriers' List

1883-01

Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements

1972-3

door knocker from the Great Hall of Lewis's Department Store

1870-1800

Headgear, Ventilating Shaft, Kilsby Tunnel

1837

Watford Embankment

1837

Horse Runs - Tring Cutting

1837

Mornington Crescent. Line under construction

1836

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

Shell used as Ink and Paint Well, Egypt, 3000 BCE

3000 BCE

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

1990-95

W Holman Hunt in his Eastern dress

1864-05