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Difference Engine No. 1

circa 1832

Sewing machine by Elias Howe

circa 1846

Schwann's microscope (no case)

1835

Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.

1850

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

1846

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

Prototype of the Brougham carriage

1838

Double beam engine model

1840-1851

Chinese celestial clockwork globe

1830

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Palmer's micrometer (replica)

circa 1848

Portable double-needle telegraph and test set, 1850

1850

Dental impression tray

1830-1850

Watch made for the 1851 Great Exhibition by Alexander Watkins

1851

Rocket locomotive

1829

Anatomical Drawing of a Human Skeleton

1840

The Great Exhibition Polka 1851

1851

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

1837

Bishop Auckland & Weardale Railway seal die

1837

View of the Britannia Tubular Bridge

1850

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

great north of england railway bye laws notice

1842

Monaural stethoscope

1840-1850

Cooke's train signalling instrument of 1845, Norfolk Railway

1845

London & Birmingham Railway pocket watch

1842

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

Specimen of First Telegraph Line, 1837

1837

Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845

1845

Slamannan Railway commemorative plaque

1840

Single-needle block instrument

1845

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

1834

Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway 2nd Class railway carriage, 1834

1834

Self- striped printed muslin dress

1830-1850

Model railway turntable

1850

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

1834

Swannington Incline Winding Engine, Leicester & Swannington Railway, 1832

1832

Station bell, Manchester & Leeds Railway

1842

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848

1848

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

A.B.C. telegraph transmitter, 1835-1845

1835-1845

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Portrait bust of Princess Victoria

1829

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Great Western Railway model of 'Iron Duke', 1851

1851

Railway bridge section

1850

Slotting machine

1835