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Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Bridge plaque - 1855

1855

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Bright's bell telegraph, 1855

1855

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

South-East View of Sheffield

1855

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (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

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

Bullion box containing lead shot

1855

Bronze bust of William Stuart

1855

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Micrometer type mechanical comparator

1855

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

Model in brass of Silver's patent

1855

Part of Electromagnet

1855

Part of Electromagnet

1855

Medal, silver, Sardinian issue of Turkish Crimea medal

1855

Bronze prize medal awarded by Vienna Academy of Medicine and Surgery

1832-1850

Silver medal awarded by King William III of the Netherlands to "Kors Hartog" place or person

1855

Silver campaign medal

1855

Alabaster kohl pot

2000-1350

Walker's Railway Time Table, and Coach, Omnibus and Carriers' List

1883-01

Model of a London omnibus

1855

Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements

1972-3

door knocker from the Great Hall of Lewis's Department Store

1870-1800

verification hole punch

1855

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

Shell used as Ink and Paint Well, Egypt, 3000 BCE

3000 BCE

Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB

1990-95

W Holman Hunt in his Eastern dress

1864-05

The Dirty Monk', Alfred Lord Tennyson, May 1865

1865-05

Anthony Trolloppe (sic)

1864-10

Sir John Herschel

1867-04

Daisy

1864-04