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Bridge plaque - 1855

1855

Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854

1854

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe

1854

Longcase clock, Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works

1857

Novelty model

1955; 1830

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

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

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)

Telegraph block instrument; Walker's

1855

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)

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

1934

Magneto-electrometer, 1857

1857

Islay shipwreck components

1857

Bullion box containing lead shot

1855

Bronze bust of William Stuart

1855

Model of a Power Loom for Plain Weaving

1857

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

Royal footwarmer, Great Western Railway

1856

Caricature showing a publican's dilemma during a cholera epidemic, Europe, c. 1854

circa 1854

Chart of the Atlantic showing proposed course of the Atlantic Cable, 1856-1857

1856-1857

'Thunder pump' magneto-electric device, 1856

1856

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Micrometer type mechanical comparator

1855

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

Wood tobacco pipe

1860-1820

Oesophageal forceps Durham's

1871-1830

Sample of Marshall's Iron used for gun barrels

1855

long-beam chemical balance

circa 1855

Teneriffe

1856

Teneriffe

1856

Medal, silver, Sardinian issue of Turkish Crimea medal

1855

Bronze prize medal awarded by Vienna Academy of Medicine and Surgery

1832-1850

Medal, silver, octagonal

1857

Military campaign medal

1854