Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Model of the "Planet" Locomotive
1830 (original); 1967 (model)
Builder's whole, rigged model, of SS 'Great Eastern', 1853-1857
1853-1857
Skaife's Pistolgraph Camera
1858
Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera
1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)
Purse presented to George Hall esq
1853
Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe
1854
Marble statue of George Stephenson, 1852
1852
Caricature of an undertaker hoping for cholera, Europe, c. 1854
circa 1854
South-East View of Sheffield
1855
Novelty model
1955; 1830
Longcase clock, Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works
1857
Silver presentation whistle and chain, London & South Western Railway
1853
John Ellis
1858
seal die - Colne Valley and Halstead Railway
1856
Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854
1854
Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph, 1858
1858
Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835
1934
Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858
1858-03-02
Wax portrait of George Atkins (1766 – 1855) by Richard Cockle Lucas
1852
England and her Soldiers
1859
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
Caricature showing 'The State Doctor' during a cholera epidemic, Europe, c. 1854
circa 1854
Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858
1858
Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858
1858
Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858
1857-1858
Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858
1857-1858
Sample of the first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858
1857-1858
Bridge plaque - 1855
1855
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Bright's bell telegraph, 1855
1855
Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856
1856
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Islay shipwreck components
1857
Bullion box containing lead shot
1855
Bridge link
1852
Caricature showing a publican's dilemma during a cholera epidemic, Europe, c. 1854
circa 1854
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Portrait bust of Henry Maudslay
before 1857
Model paddle wheel engines of the SS 'Great Eastern'
1853-1857
Bust of James Watt in Parian Ware made by Josiah Wedgwood & Sons from original by E.W. Wyon
after 1859
Spectacles, gold rims
1853
Thomson (Lord Kelvin) double curb transmitter, 1858
1858
'Thunder pump' magneto-electric device, 1856
1856
Letter to The Atlantic Telegraph Company, 1859
1859
Chart of the Atlantic showing proposed course of the Atlantic Cable, 1856-1857
1856-1857
Copy of the Receiver and Alarm Call of Schilling's Electric Telegraph, 1870-1877
1870-1877
Magneto-electrometer, 1857
1857
Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, 1934
1934