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Bridge plaque - 1855

1855

John Ellis

1858

Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854

1854

Longcase clock, Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works

1857

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

1857-1858

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

1858

Sample of the first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

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

1857-1858

Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858

1858

Great Western Railway model of 'Iron Duke', 1851

1851

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Purse presented to George Hall esq

1853

Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe

1854

Bright's bell telegraph, 1855

1855

Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856

1856

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph, 1858

1858

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Silver presentation whistle and chain, London & South Western Railway

1853

England and her Soldiers

1859

Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

1851

The Great Exhibition Polka 1851

1851

Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858

1858-03-02

Marble statue of George Stephenson, 1852

1852

Caricature of an undertaker hoping for cholera, Europe, c. 1854

circa 1854

Caricature showing 'The State Doctor' during a cholera epidemic, Europe, c. 1854

circa 1854

South-East View of Sheffield

1855

Portrait bust of Henry Maudslay

before 1857

William Thomson's marine mirror galvanometer, 1850-1900

1854

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Model paddle wheel engines of the SS 'Great Eastern'

1853-1857

Telegraph block instrument; Walker's

1855

Bridge link

1852

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Telegraph block instrument; South Eastern Railway; Walker's patent No. 245

1855

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

1986 (replica); 1501-1600 (original)

Bust of James Watt in Parian Ware made by Josiah Wedgwood & Sons from original by E.W. Wyon

after 1859

Thomson's mirror galvanometer, 1858

1858

Islay shipwreck components

1857

Bullion box containing lead shot

1855

Sample of 1851 Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

1851

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Royal footwarmer, Great Western Railway

1856

Model of machine for making drain pipes

1851

Whitehouse's induction coil, 1858

1858

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Spectacles, gold rims

1853