Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849
1849
Model railway turntable
1850
Railway bridge section
1850
Great Western Railway model of 'Iron Duke', 1851
1851
Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851
1851
Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835
1934
Novelty model
1955; 1830
Truncheon, ebony, England, 1849
1849
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
The Great Exhibition Polka 1851
1851
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.
1850
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
View of the Britannia Tubular Bridge
1850
Engraving: Watt's first experiment of steam. By James Scott after R.W. Buss
1849
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Nimbus, or rain cloud
1849
Cumulostratus forming; fine weather Cirri above
1849
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Lucien Sharpe sheet metal gauge
circa 1850
Model of machine for making drain pipes
1851
Lead weight marked 'Reid' from the first cross-Channel telegraph cable, 1850.
1850
Sample of 1851 Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851
1851
Four-Wheeled Hand Crane
1850
Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, 1934
1934
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
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1st Class carriage 'Traveller'
1930 (replica); 1834 (original)
Poster advertising lectures on phrenology, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, 1851
1851
Portable double-needle telegraph and test set, 1850
1850
Britannia statue
1849
'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century
1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
'The British Nave' at the Great Exhibition of 1851
1851
Model of the "Planet" Locomotive
1830 (original); 1967 (model)
Oil painting depicting Robert Stephenson
circa 1850s
May - Study No 167
1870-10
Large padlock with key by Moreton and Langley
1850
Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill
1730; 1967
Lorina, Edith and Alice Liddel
1872-08
Gilt perfume case
1849
Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements
1972-3
Plano-convex brick, Ubaid, Iraq, c 2500 BC.
2500 BCE
Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promote general good health
1880-120
Wood tobacco pipe
1860-1820
Ice skate of about 1850
circa 1850
Haighton obstetrical forceps
1870-1850
2 lancets
1849
Oesophageal forceps Durham's
1871-1830