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Difference Engine No. 1

circa 1832

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

Prototype of the Brougham carriage

1838

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Rocket locomotive

1829

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

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

Station bell, Manchester & Leeds Railway

1842

Monaural stethoscope

1840-1850

Eclipse

1841

Slotting machine

1835

Cooke and Wheatstone five-needle telegraph

1837

Stockton & Darlington Railway carriage

1847

Shutt End Colliery Railway steam locomotive 'Agenoria'

1829

Double beam engine model

1840-1851

Diploma awarding honorary membership of the London Vaccine Institution, London, England, 1826

1826

Entrance into Manchester across Water Street

1831

Bright's bell telegraph, 1855

1855

Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856

1856

Henley's magneto electric double needle telegraph, 1848-1852

1848-1852

Wheatstone printing telegraph, 1841

1841

Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

1851

Cooke and Wheatstone's four needle telegraph, 1838

1838

Single needle telegraph, 1846

1846

Cooke and Wheatstone double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

Keyboard for transmitting telegraphic messages, 1845-1851

1845-1851

Machine used for covering wires with silk and cotton, 1837

1837

Cooke and Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.

1850

Watch with Prest's keyless winding by John Roger Arnold

1821

Wax portrait of Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy (1780 – 1854)

1851

Wax portrait of George Atkins (1766 – 1855) by Richard Cockle Lucas

1852

Deck watch by Breguet et Fils

1830

Skeleton clock with helical gearing by Charles McDowall

1820-1840

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

1840

Silver kettle presented to Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy (1780 – 1854)

1849

Silver lancet case, empty

1833

Phrenological head, microcephalic

1820-1830

Set of sixty miniature heads used in phrenology

1831

Pair of dental forceps

1820-1855

Charles Green Aeronaut

1836