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Difference Engine No. 1

circa 1832

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

1853-1857

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

Schwann's microscope (no case)

1835

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

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

Huskisson Memorial

1831

'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

Nasmyth's Steam Hammer

1845-1855

The Great Exhibition Polka 1851

1851

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

Booklet of 'Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions' by Anna Atkins

1843-1853

Single needle telegraph, 1846

1846

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Skaife's Pistolgraph Camera

1858

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Bullion box containing lead shot

1855

Whitworth Planing Machine

circa 1842

Portrait of Ada, Countess of Lovelace

1840

Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph, 1858

1858