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Colour lithograph of the S.S. 'Great Eastern'

1850-1859

Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849

1849

Bridge plaque - 1855

1855

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

circa 1840

Ramsbottom speed indicator

1860

Down Pipe from Maldon Witham & Braintree Railway

1846-1859

Decorated keystone from South Stockton arch, Thornaby station

1842

Railway bridge section

1850

great north of england railway bye laws notice

1842

Dandy cart and horse

1845-1855

Monaural stethoscope

1840-1850

Stockton & Darlington Railway carriage

1847

Station bell, Manchester & Leeds Railway

1842

Cooke's train signalling instrument of 1845, Norfolk Railway

1845

Single-needle block instrument

1845

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

1858

Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858

1858-03-02

Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe

1854

Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858

1858

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848

1848

John Ellis

1858

Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

1851

Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

Sample of the first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Caricature of an undertaker hoping for cholera, Europe, c. 1854

circa 1854

Caricature showing 'The State Doctor' during a cholera epidemic, Europe, c. 1854

circa 1854

Architect's model of S&J Watts' warehouse

1850-1856

James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

The Great Exhibition Polka 1851

1851

Lithograph, Chronological pictures of English History

1850-1859

View of the Britannia Tubular Bridge

1850

Engraving of Theory of pulleys (Theorie elementaire des Poulies)

1850-1860

South-East View of Sheffield

1855

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

1849

Model railway turntable

1850

Dagron microphotographic camera

circa 1860

Longcase clock, Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works

1857

Henley needle galvanometer, 1855-1860

1855-1860

Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845

1845

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Wheatstone automatic tape transmitter, 1840-1860

1840-1860

Bright's bell telegraph, 1855

1855

Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856

1856

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Single-needle telegraph by W. F. Cooke, 1840-1860

1840-1860

Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.

1850

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

1848-1852

Single needle telegraph, 1846

1846