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Architect's model of S&J Watts' warehouse

1850-1856

Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845

1845

Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849

1849

Bridge plaque - 1855

1855

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

circa 1840

Model railway turntable

1850

Slamannan Railway commemorative plaque

1840

Decorated keystone from South Stockton arch, Thornaby station

1842

Railway bridge section

1850

great north of england railway bye laws notice

1842

Great Western Railway model of 'Iron Duke', 1851

1851

Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858

1858

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

1858

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Dandy cart and horse

1845-1855

Monaural stethoscope

1840-1850

Peel, Williams & Peel steam engine

1846

Stockton & Darlington Railway carriage

1847

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

1848-1852

Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph, 1858

1858

Purse presented to George Hall esq

1853

Eclipse

1841

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Longcase clock, Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works

1857

Station bell, Manchester & Leeds Railway

1842

Truncheon, ebony, England, 1849

1849

Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854

1854

Cooke's train signalling instrument of 1845, Norfolk Railway

1845

Single-needle block instrument

1845

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

Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.

1850

Wheatstone printing telegraph, 1841

1841

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe

1854

Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

1851

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

1857-1858

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

The Great Exhibition Polka 1851

1851

Sample of the first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858

1858-03-02

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

1857-1858

Single needle telegraph, 1846

1846

Silver presentation whistle and chain, London & South Western Railway

1853

Marble statue of George Stephenson, 1852

1852

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

circa 1854

View of the Britannia Tubular Bridge

1850

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

circa 1854

Thames Tunnel opening commemorative medal, 1843

1843