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One of the First Rechargeable Batteries, about 1860

1860

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Set of sixty miniature heads used in phrenology

1831

Huskisson Memorial

1831

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

1853-1857

Whitworth Planing Machine

circa 1842

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

1846

Skaife's Pistolgraph Camera

1858

Britannia statue

1849

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

Rocket locomotive

1829

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

Difference Engine No. 1

circa 1832

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

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Lancet case, carved with pictures of Napoleon's tomb

1821-1850

Schwann's microscope (no case)

1835

Specimen of First Telegraph Line, 1837

1837

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848

1848

John Ellis

1858

Model railway turntable

1850

Dagron microphotographic camera

circa 1860

Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849

1849

Down Pipe from Maldon Witham & Braintree Railway

1846-1859

Marble statue of George Stephenson, 1852

1852

Cramlington Colliery chaldron wagon, c 1826

1821-1831

Novelty model

1955; 1830

White earthenware jug

1830-1850

Peel, Williams & Peel steam engine

1846

Slamannan Railway commemorative plaque

1840

model steam locomotive

1826

Single-needle block instrument

1845

Self- striped printed muslin dress

1830-1850

Railway bridge section

1850

Great Western Railway model of 'Iron Duke', 1851

1851

Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845

1845

Wooden stool with four legs and octagonal seat

1830-1840

Hand loom

1825-1835

Phrenological head, microcephalic

1820-1830

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

1834

Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway, composite 1st & 2nd class railway carriage

1834

Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway 2nd Class railway carriage, 1834

1834