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Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848

1848

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

circa 1840

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Cooke's train signalling instrument of 1845, Norfolk Railway

1845

Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849

1849

Single-needle block instrument

1845

Model railway turntable

1850

Eclipse

1841

Station bell, Manchester & Leeds Railway

1842

Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845

1845

Stockton & Darlington Railway carriage

1847

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Slamannan Railway commemorative plaque

1840

View of the Britannia Tubular Bridge

1850

Engraving: Watt's first experiment of steam. By James Scott after R.W. Buss

1849

Model of Grand Junction Railway locomotive "Wildfire", 1839

1839

Decorated keystone from South Stockton arch, Thornaby station

1842

Peel, Williams & Peel steam engine

1846

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.

1850

Single needle telegraph, 1846

1846

Wheatstone printing telegraph, 1841

1841

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Lithograph: 'Tring Cutting. June 17th 1837'

1839

Thames Tunnel opening commemorative medal, 1843

1843

Model Passenger Locomotive, 1840-1845

1840-1845

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Cooke and Wheatstone double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

Cooke and Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

Model of "Firefly" class locomotive, about 1840

1840

Truncheon, ebony, England, 1849

1849

Monaural stethoscope

1840-1850

Railway bridge section

1850

Oil painting depicting Robert Stephenson

circa 1850s

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Nimbus, or rain cloud

1849

Cumulostratus forming; fine weather Cirri above

1849

model steam, crewe type locomotive

1846

Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, 1934

1934

Seal die, The Southampton & Dorchester Railway Company

1845

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Brass station bell, Manchester & Leeds Railway

1839

Lucien Sharpe sheet metal gauge

circa 1850

Palmer's micrometer (replica)

circa 1848

Lead weight marked 'Reid' from the first cross-Channel telegraph cable, 1850.

1850

Sewing machine by Elias Howe

circa 1846

Wooden gable, Brandling Junction Railway

1842

Model Manchester & Leeds Railway carriage

1839

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

1841

Model railway carriage, Manchester & Leeds Railway

1839