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Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

Sewing machine by Elias Howe

circa 1846

Watch made for the 1851 Great Exhibition by Alexander Watkins

1851

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848

1848

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Britannia statue

1849

Palmer's micrometer (replica)

circa 1848

Plaster model of the lunar surface

1844

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Furness Railway steam locomotive 'Coppernob' 0-4-0, No 3, 1846

1846

Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845

1845

The Great Exhibition Polka 1851

1851

Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849

1849

Slamannan Railway commemorative plaque

1840

Decorated keystone from South Stockton arch, Thornaby station

1842

Railway bridge section

1850

View of the Britannia Tubular Bridge

1850

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

circa 1840

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

1849

Model Passenger Locomotive, 1840-1845

1840-1845

Monaural stethoscope

1840-1850

Peel, Williams & Peel steam engine

1846

Model railway turntable

1850

Stockton & Darlington Railway carriage

1847

Double beam engine model

1840-1851

Cooke's train signalling instrument of 1845, Norfolk Railway

1845

Single-needle block instrument

1845

London & Birmingham Railway pocket watch

1842

Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

1851

Single needle telegraph, 1846

1846

Cooke and Wheatstone double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Keyboard for transmitting telegraphic messages, 1845-1851

1845-1851

Cooke and Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

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

1840

Silver kettle presented to Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy (1780 – 1854)

1849

Great Western Railway model of 'Iron Duke', 1851

1851

great north of england railway bye laws notice

1842

Thames Tunnel opening commemorative medal, 1843

1843

Truncheon, ebony, England, 1849

1849

Wheatstone printing telegraph, 1841

1841

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.

1850

Wax portrait of Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy (1780 – 1854)

1851

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Eclipse

1841

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Station bell, Manchester & Leeds Railway

1842

Model of "Firefly" class locomotive, about 1840

1840