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Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

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

Thames Tunnel opening commemorative medal, 1843

1843

Eclipse

1841

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Model of "Firefly" class locomotive, about 1840

1840

Station bell, Manchester & Leeds Railway

1842

great north of england railway bye laws notice

1842

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Wheatstone printing telegraph, 1841

1841

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Whitworth Planing Machine

circa 1842

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Signal Lamp, Stockton & Darlington Railway

1840

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

1705-1737

Wooden gable, Brandling Junction Railway

1842

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

1841

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Wheatstone ABC telegraph receiver, 1942

1842

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

1840

Cooke and Wheatstone's ABC telegraph transmitter

1840

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

1870-1877

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

1840

Handbill, Royal Mails and Coaches

1842

Bas relief, Adam and Eve (assigned)

1841

Daguerreotype Portrait of a Young Lady

circa 1841

Catherine Dodds Grey

circa 1840

James Grey

circa 1840

Handbills

1841-1843

Revised Classification of Merchandise Traffic and Revised Schedule of Maximum Rates and Charges Applicable thereto, proposed to be charged by the Eastern and Midlands Railway Company

1889-02

Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements

1972-3

Plano-convex brick, Ubaid, Iraq, c 2500 BC.

2500 BCE

Small stone scarab pierced longitudinally with flat base engraved with design of standing harpist and seated figure

2000-1000

Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promote general good health

1880-120

Four lancets

1843

Silver lancet case, empty

1843

Silver lancet case, empty

1841

Silver lancet case, empty

1842

Forceps, bone cutting by Reynolds

1840

Clay tobacco pipe

1860-1715

Obstetrical forceps, Norway, 1801-1900

1872-3