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Cooke and Wheatstone’s double-needle telegraph, 1838

Telecommunications

1838

Prototype of the Brougham carriage

Road Transport

1838

Cooke and Wheatstone's four needle telegraph, 1838

Telecommunications

1838

model of a high pressure beam engine, made by William Hooper, a 'hammerman' at the Copperhouse foundry, awarded a prize at the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society's annual exhibition at Falmouth, 1838.

High Pressure Condensing Beam Engine, 1838

Motive Power

1838

Uterine probe, Playfair, aluminium

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1901-950

Section of rail, London & Birmingham Railway, fish-bellied rail, 1838, ex Crewe Collection No 39.

Fishbelly rail, London & Birmingham Railway

Railway Infrastructure

1838

Stone slab with seven holes for cosmetic ointments, Egypt, 1991-1786 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1991-1786 BCE

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Square pavement brick from Babylonia (Southern Iraq), 2nd millennium BC.

Building Construction

2000-1001 BCE

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

Station Gates, London & Birmingham Railway. Gates from 'Doric Arch' of Euston Station. Heavy wrought iron with ornamental locks bearing L & BR crest.

Euston Station gates

Railway Infrastructure

1838

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE

Single headed girder rail, with one joint chair

Railway Infrastructure

1838

Carapace of turtle, in 2 sections in display box,

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1851-930

Empty lancet case, silver, made in Birmingham, 1838

Engraved lancet case

Therapeutics

1838

Bell, Great Western Railway, brass, used as train arrival warning bell at Paddington 1838-1860, then used as firebell on No1 platform until superseded by hooter in 1913. In black wooden frame. 12" high, 14" diam.

Great Western Railway station bell

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

1838

Memorial stele to the doorkeepr Ruma

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

4 lancets, steel and tortoiseshell, various Englis

Therapeutics

1838

London & Birmingham Railway Guard's Clock, 1837-1839

Railway Timepieces

1838

Relay, devised by Professor Wheatstone, c. 1838

Telecommunications

1838

Silver lancet case, empty

Therapeutics

1838

Silver lancet case, empty

Therapeutics

1838

Wooden herb box, covered with coloured paper, poss

Pharmacy-ware

1851-190

3 lancets, steel and tortoiseshell, 2 by Savigny a

Therapeutics

1838

Two Photographs of Hackworth's "Samson" locomotive, 1838

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1838

camera lens

Photographic Technology

1870-890

Block model after body of the original experimental vessel 'Archimedes'

Marine Engines

1838

Model of a ship's stern fitted with a screw propeller patented by James Lowe

Marine Engines

1838

Lancet, steel and tortoiseshell, by Millikin of Lo

Therapeutics

1838

Turn pin spectacles, silver frame, JM maker with L

Ophthalmology

1838

Half eye, turn pin, spectacles, silver, by J.M. Lo

Ophthalmology

1838

Bell, Great Western Railway, embossed 'Great Western Railway 1838', ex Reading Station turret clock.

Bell, Great Western Railway

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

1838

Bell, Great Western Railway, embossed '1838', no provenance.

Bell, Great Western Railway

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

1838

Scalpel, silver handle, steel blade, by Robert Sti

Surgery

1838

Mechanical lantern slide of the Solar System

Astronomy

1838

Ceremonial Mallet, Chester & Crewe Railway, Wooden mallet with metal plaque engraved: "Chester & Crewe Railway". This mallet was used by Jn Uniack Esq. in laying the first stone. August 1838"

chester & crewe railway ceremonial mallet

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1838

Clay figure of animal

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1000 BCE

Empty lancet case, silver, featuring blank crest/shield design, made in Birmingham, 1838

Silver lancet case

Therapeutics

1838

Two lancets, steel and tortoiseshell, English make

Therapeutics

1838

2 lancets, steel and tortoiseshell, different Engl

Therapeutics

1838

Four lancets, steel and tortoiseshell, in silver case, made in London, 1838

Lancets in silver case

Therapeutics

1838

Straight spectacles, silver, possibly ring ends mi

Ophthalmology

1838

Albion Printing Press, 1838

Printing & Writing

1838

Model of "Firefly" class locomotive, 1838

Railway Models

1838

Victoria Bridge

Art

1838

Painting, oil on canvas, Victoria Bridge over the River Wear by John Wilson Carmichael, 1838. Depicts the Victoria Viaduct on the Durham Junction Railway, seen from the banks of the River Wear. In the foreground men and women work and talk at the riverside, while a train crosses the viaduct, leaving a trail of white smoke. Caption on the frame reads "Victoria Bridge over the River Wear. Built by John Gibb & Son of Aberdeen for the Durham Junction Railway and completed on 28th June 1838, the day of Queen Victoria's coronation, by John Wilson Carmichael". Framed and glazed, glass.

Victoria Bridge over the River Wear

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1838

Muzio Muzzi

Art

1838

Engraving of Graving dock

Art

1840-160

Entrance Portico, Euston Grove Station

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1838