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Difference Engine No. 1

circa 1832

Sewing machine by Elias Howe

circa 1846

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

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

1846

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Schwann's microscope (no case)

1835

Prototype of the Brougham carriage

1838

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Plaster model of the lunar surface

1844

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Whitworth Planing Machine

circa 1842

Anatomical Drawing of a Human Skeleton

1840

Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845

1845

Slamannan Railway commemorative plaque

1840

Decorated keystone from South Stockton arch, Thornaby station

1842

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

1837

Bishop Auckland & Weardale Railway seal die

1837

great north of england railway bye laws notice

1842

Shoulder papier-mache doll accompanying English wooden doll.Circa 1840

circa 1840

Thames Tunnel opening commemorative medal, 1843

1843

Eclipse

1841

model passenger locomotive 1837

1837

Model of Grand Junction Railway locomotive "Wildfire", 1839

1839

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Station bell, Manchester & Leeds Railway

1842

Charles Green Aeronaut

1836

Silver lancet case, empty

1833

London & Birmingham Railway clock

1837

Lithograph: 'Tring Cutting. June 17th 1837'

1839

Model Passenger Locomotive, 1840-1845

1840-1845

Peel, Williams & Peel steam engine

1846

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848

1848

Specimen of First Telegraph Line, 1837

1837

Cooke and Wheatstone five-needle telegraph

1837

Stockton & Darlington Railway carriage

1847

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

1834

Swannington Incline Winding Engine, Leicester & Swannington Railway, 1832

1832

Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway 2nd Class railway carriage, 1834

1834

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

1834

Cooke's train signalling instrument of 1845, Norfolk Railway

1845

Single-needle block instrument

1845

Set of sixty miniature heads used in phrenology

1831

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Machine used for covering wires with silk and cotton, 1837

1837

Deck watch by Breguet et Fils

1830

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

1840

Slotting machine

1835

Entrance into Manchester across Water Street

1831

Model of "Firefly" class locomotive, about 1840

1840

Single needle telegraph, 1846

1846