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Whitworth Planing Machine

circa 1842

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

Sewing machine by Elias Howe

circa 1846

Cammann type binaural stethoscope

1845-1855

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

1846

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

The Great Exhibition Polka 1851

1851

Dandy cart and horse

1845-1855

Bullion box containing lead shot

1855

'The British Nave' at the Great Exhibition of 1851

1851

Nimbus, or rain cloud

1849

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Britannia statue

1849

Palmer's micrometer (replica)

circa 1848

Plaster model of the lunar surface

1844

Nasmyth's Steam Hammer

1845-1855

Cystoseira granulata

1843-1853

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Booklet of 'Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions' by Anna Atkins

1843-1853

Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845

1845

Purse presented to George Hall esq

1853

Bridge plaque - 1855

1855

Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe

1854

Decorated keystone from South Stockton arch, Thornaby station

1842

Silver presentation whistle and chain, London & South Western Railway

1853

Railway bridge section

1850

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

South-East View of Sheffield

1855

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

1849

Eclipse

1841

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Station bell, Manchester & Leeds Railway

1842

Truncheon, ebony, England, 1849

1849

Peel, Williams & Peel steam engine

1846

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848

1848

Model railway turntable

1850

Great Western Railway model of 'Iron Duke', 1851

1851

great north of england railway bye laws notice

1842

Architect's model of S&J Watts' warehouse

1850-1856

Stockton & Darlington Railway carriage

1847

Cooke's train signalling instrument of 1845, Norfolk Railway

1845

Single-needle block instrument

1845

London & Birmingham Railway pocket watch

1842

seal die - Colne Valley and Halstead Railway

1856