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Whitworth Planing Machine

circa 1842

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Anatomical Drawing of a Human Skeleton

1840

Slamannan Railway commemorative plaque

1840

Decorated keystone from South Stockton arch, Thornaby station

1842

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

circa 1840

Eclipse

1841

Station bell, Manchester & Leeds Railway

1842

great north of england railway bye laws notice

1842

London & Birmingham Railway pocket watch

1842

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

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

1840

Lithograph: 'Tring Cutting. June 17th 1837'

1839

Thames Tunnel opening commemorative medal, 1843

1843

Novelty model

1955; 1830

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Model of Grand Junction Railway locomotive "Wildfire", 1839

1839

Model of "Firefly" class locomotive, about 1840

1840

Wheatstone printing telegraph, 1841

1841

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Model railway carriage, Manchester & Leeds Railway

1839

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Signal Lamp, Stockton & Darlington Railway

1840

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Gold watch made for Queen Amelie of France by Henri Motel

circa 1840

Wooden gable, Brandling Junction Railway

1842

Tobacco tin - George Pearson, Darlington Conductor on the Great North of England Railway Coaches, April 13 1841

1841

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

1839

Model Manchester & Leeds Railway carriage

1839

Brass station bell, Manchester & Leeds Railway

1839

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

1705-1737

Wheatstone ABC telegraph receiver, 1942

1842

Cooke and Wheatstone's A.B.C. telegraph receiver, 1839-1840

1839-1840

Five-needle train signalling instrument used on the London and Blackwall Railway

1840

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

1870-1877

Cooke and Wheatstone's ABC telegraph transmitter

1840

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1990-95

Replica of Lightning Conductor by Benjamin Franklin, United States, 1730-1760

1730-1760 (original); 1931-1939 (replica)

Queen Adelaide's Saloon, No. 2

1842

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

Model Boat from Cyclades, 2800 BC

2800 BCE