Difference Engine No. 1
circa 1832
Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia
1847-1848
Builder's whole, rigged model, of SS 'Great Eastern', 1853-1857
1853-1857
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
Longcase clock, Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works
1857
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
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's portable ABC telegraph, 1858
1858
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
Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858
1857-1858
Keyboard for transmitting telegraphic messages, 1845-1851
1845-1851
Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858
1857-1858
Machine used for covering wires with silk and cotton, 1837
1837
Cooke and Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1844
1844
Sample of the first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858
1857-1858
Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.
1850
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
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
Set of sixty miniature heads used in phrenology
1831