Aveling and Porter steam traction engine
circa 1871
Hydrostatic balance by Jesse Ramsden, London, 1785-1789
1785-1789
Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845
1845
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Wine glass possibly used as a culture glass by Joseph Lister
1860-1877
Silver model of the Eleanor Cross at Charing Cross Station
1867-1868
Silver lancet case, empty
1833
Netsuke depicting man with moxa on leg
1771-1800
Full upper denture
1780-1860
Truncheon, ebony, England, 1849
1849
Straight spectacles
1796-1797
Two copper and zinc chains, France, 1855-1870
1855-1870
Transverse folding spectacles
1796-1798
Wolferton station master hand lamp
1870-1880
great north of england railway bye laws notice
1842
Column dial by Henry Robert
1831-1870
James Watt and the Steam Engine Print
1860
Signal Block Bell, South Eastern Railway
1862
North Eastern Railway, locomotive 910
1875
Chronometer in Gold Case by Thomas Earnsham, 1795-1810
1795-1810
Copper ore from the Bell Mine
before 1889
Stanhope square demonstrator, c.1805.
circa 1805
One of four original Swan and Raven models
1867
One of four original Swan and Raven models used by Froude
1867
One of the First Rechargeable Batteries, about 1860
1860
Edward Jenner's lancets
1801-1823
Cylinder electrical machine, 1810-1817
1810-1817
Single needle telegraph, 1846
1846
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Stroh's type-printer for Wheatstone ABC communicator, 1870-1881
1870-1881
Syntonic Leyden jars, 1880-1889
1880-1889
Wheatstone printing telegraph, 1841
1841
Wheatstone automatic tape transmitter, 1840-1860
1840-1860
Bright's bell telegraph, 1855
1855
Machine used for covering wires with silk and cotton, 1837
1837
Henley's magneto electric double needle telegraph, 1848-1852
1848-1852
Cooke and Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1844
1844
Cooke and Wheatstone double needle telegraph, 1844
1844
Atlantic cable specimen, 1865
1865
Cooke and Wheatstone's four needle telegraph, 1838
1838
Silver medal, commemorates the International Health Exhibition
1884
Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent
1783
Medal, Blanchard's balloon ascent, Nuremberg, Germany, 1787
1785
Medal commemorating balloon flight of Blanchard at Frankfurt
1785
Charles Green Aeronaut
1836
Hand loom
1825-1835
Scutcher, made by Platt Brothers & Co. Ltd
1889
Half-penny coin
1806
East Indiaman Herefordshire
1815
Architect's model of S&J Watts' warehouse
1850-1856