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Slotting machine

1835

Prototype of the Brougham carriage

1838

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

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

1837

Bishop Auckland & Weardale Railway seal die

1837

London & Birmingham Railway clock

1837

Lithograph: 'Tring Cutting. June 17th 1837'

1839

model passenger locomotive 1837

1837

Model of Grand Junction Railway locomotive "Wildfire", 1839

1839

Specimen of First Telegraph Line, 1837

1837

London & Birmingham Railway Guard's Clock, 1837-1839

1838

Silver lancet case, empty

1833

Schwann's microscope (no case)

1835

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

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Machine used for covering wires with silk and cotton, 1837

1837

Charles Green Aeronaut

1836

Cooke and Wheatstone five-needle telegraph

1837

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Cooke and Wheatstone's four needle telegraph, 1838

1838

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Euston Station gates

1838

Section of laminated timber bridge from Newcastle & North shields Railway, 1839

1839

Model railway carriage, Manchester & Leeds Railway

1839

Model Manchester & Leeds Railway carriage

1839

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Winding Engine, Stanhope & Tyne Railway

1833

Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1st Class carriage 'Traveller'

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement

1705-1737

Copy of the Receiver and Alarm Call of Schilling's Electric Telegraph, 1870-1877

1870-1877

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Cooke and Wheatstone 5-needle telegraph, 1837

1837

Insulators used for Morse's telegraph, 1835

1835

Type used for original Morse telegraph, 1835

1835

Cooke and Wheatstone’s double-needle telegraph, 1838

1838

Section of first telegraph cable, 1837

1837

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Brass station bell, Manchester & Leeds Railway

1839

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB

1990-95

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Model of submersible 'Turtle'

1976; 1776

John Harrison

1834-1837

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923