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Difference Engine No. 1

circa 1832

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

1853-1857

Rocket locomotive

1829

Sewing machine by Elias Howe

circa 1846

Britannia statue

1849

Prototype of the Brougham carriage

1838

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

Model paddle wheel engines of the SS 'Great Eastern'

1853-1857

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

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

1846

Cammann type binaural stethoscope

1845-1855

Cloth tape measure

1850-1860

Schwann's microscope (no case)

1835

One of the First Rechargeable Batteries, about 1860

1860

Cooke and Wheatstone 5-needle telegraph, 1837

1837

Cooke and Wheatstone five-needle telegraph

1837

Plaster model of the lunar surface

1844

Palmer's micrometer (replica)

circa 1848

Anatomical Drawing of a Human Skeleton

1840

James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

Double beam engine model

1840-1851

Cooke and Wheatstone's four needle telegraph, 1838

1838

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Cooke and Wheatstone’s double-needle telegraph, 1838

1838

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

1858

Cooke and Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.

1850

Sans Pareil

1829

Huskisson Memorial

1831

Shutt End Colliery Railway steam locomotive 'Agenoria'

1829

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)

Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858

1858

Model of a Power Loom for Plain Weaving

1857

Thomson's mirror galvanometer, 1858

1858

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

1836-1917, physician, British

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett

1836 - 1917

Set of sixty miniature heads used in phrenology

1831

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848

1848

Machine used for covering wires with silk and cotton, 1837

1837

Model of "Firefly" class locomotive, about 1840

1840

active 1828-1947, marine & aeronautical navigational instrument maker, London, England, British

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947

Nasmyth's Steam Hammer

1845-1855

The Great Exhibition Polka 1851

1851

Gold, porcelain, and ivory denture set

1840-1860

Pair of Queen Victoria's white satin slippers, England, 1840-1848

1840-1848

Dandy cart and horse

1845-1855

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Copy of Thimonnier's chain-stitch sewing machine, 1830

1830