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Difference Engine No. 1

circa 1832

Sewing machine by Elias Howe

circa 1846

Builder's whole, rigged model, of SS 'Great Eastern', 1853-1857

1853-1857

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

Prototype of the Brougham carriage

1838

Rocket locomotive

1829

Schwann's microscope (no case)

1835

Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.

1850

The Dutton Viaduct on the Grand Junction Railway, over the Valley of the Weaver

1837-1840

Bullion box containing lead shot

1855

Cammann type binaural stethoscope

1845-1855

Oil painting depicting Robert Stephenson

circa 1850s

Palmer's micrometer (replica)

circa 1848

Furness Railway steam locomotive 'Coppernob' 0-4-0, No 3, 1846

1846

Britannia statue

1849

Plaster model of the lunar surface

1844

Anatomical Drawing of a Human Skeleton

1840

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848

1848

Model railway turntable

1850

Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway 3rd Class open railway carriage, 1834

1834

Dandy cart and horse

1845-1855

Swannington Incline Winding Engine, Leicester & Swannington Railway, 1832

1832

Cooke's train signalling instrument of 1845, Norfolk Railway

1845

London & Birmingham Railway pocket watch

1842

seal die - Colne Valley and Halstead Railway

1856

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Deck watch by Breguet et Fils

1830

Marine chronometer by E. Barthet, found on an abandoned ship

1840

model locomotion no 1

1825

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Lancet case, carved with pictures of Napoleon's tomb

1821-1850

Phrenological head, microcephalic

1820-1830

Station bell, Manchester & Leeds Railway

1842

Monaural stethoscope

1840-1850

great north of england railway bye laws notice

1842

The Great Exhibition Polka 1851

1851

Purse presented to George Hall esq

1853

Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe

1854

Seal die, Great North of England, Clarence & Hartlepool Junction Railway

1837

Bishop Auckland & Weardale Railway seal die

1837

'Vaporisateur du Docteur Montazeau', print, Paris, France, 1822-1840

1822-1840

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

circa 1854

View of the Britannia Tubular Bridge

1850

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

circa 1854

Shoulder papier-mache doll accompanying English wooden doll.Circa 1840

circa 1840

Engraving: Watt's first experiment of steam. By James Scott after R.W. Buss

1849

Specimen of First Telegraph Line, 1837

1837

Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845

1845

Slamannan Railway commemorative plaque

1840