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Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Set of sixty miniature heads used in phrenology

1831

Huskisson Memorial

1831

Whitworth Planing Machine

circa 1842

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

1846

Britannia statue

1849

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

Difference Engine No. 1

circa 1832

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

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

Schwann's microscope (no case)

1835

Specimen of First Telegraph Line, 1837

1837

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848

1848

Model railway turntable

1850

Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849

1849

Marble statue of George Stephenson, 1852

1852

Novelty model

1955; 1830

White earthenware jug

1830-1850

Peel, Williams & Peel steam engine

1846

Slamannan Railway commemorative plaque

1840

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

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

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

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

1837

Bishop Auckland & Weardale Railway seal die

1837

Station bell, Manchester & Leeds Railway

1842

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

1830

great north of england railway bye laws notice

1842

Slotting machine

1835

Stockton & Darlington Railway carriage

1847

Henley's magneto electric double needle telegraph, 1848-1852

1848-1852

Wheatstone printing telegraph, 1841

1841

Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

1851

Cooke and Wheatstone's four needle telegraph, 1838

1838

Machine used for covering wires with silk and cotton, 1837

1837

Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.

1850