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Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Engraving: Watt's first experiment of steam. By James Scott after R.W. Buss

1849

View of the Britannia Tubular Bridge

1850

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848

1848

Model railway turntable

1850

Railway bridge section

1850

Silver kettle presented to Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy (1780 – 1854)

1849

Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849

1849

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.

1850

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Truncheon, ebony, England, 1849

1849

Four-Wheeled Hand Crane

1850

Lucien Sharpe sheet metal gauge

circa 1850

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Oil painting depicting Robert Stephenson

circa 1850s

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Nimbus, or rain cloud

1849

Cumulostratus forming; fine weather Cirri above

1849

Britannia statue

1849

Palmer's micrometer (replica)

circa 1848

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

1705-1737

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, 1934

1934

Lead weight marked 'Reid' from the first cross-Channel telegraph cable, 1850.

1850

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

1870-1877

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Portable double-needle telegraph and test set, 1850

1850

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Views on the London & North Western Railway

1848

Large padlock with key by Moreton and Langley

1850

The Principles & Practice & Explanation of the Machinery of Locomotive Engines

1850

Cloud modifications

1849

Great Western Railway "Cornishman" Express Train, hauled by 4-4-2 No. 3046 "Lord of the Isles"

1899/12

Great Western Railway "Cornishman" Express Train, hauled by 4-4-2 No. 3046 "Lord of the Isles".

1899/12

Drawing of Singhi Dalan in Rajmahal, Jharkhand, India

1856-11

Model of Henry Cavendish's Torsion Balance Gravitational Apparatus, 1798

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

Fortin mountain barometer in brass case

1850

Barograph by Moritz Pillischer, 1850

1850

Spirit thermometer by Pastorelli

1849

Harwich

1850

Public Dinner to Robert Stephenson

1850/08/10

Gilt perfume case

1849