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Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Cooke's train signalling instrument of 1845, Norfolk Railway

1845

Single-needle block instrument

1845

Station bell, Manchester & Leeds Railway

1842

Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845

1845

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Decorated keystone from South Stockton arch, Thornaby station

1842

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Thames Tunnel opening commemorative medal, 1843

1843

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Cooke and Wheatstone double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

Cooke and Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Seal die, The Southampton & Dorchester Railway Company

1845

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Wooden gable, Brandling Junction Railway

1842

Plaster model of the lunar surface

1844

Whitworth Planing Machine

circa 1842

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

1705-1737

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

1870-1877

Two lancets in a patterned silver case

1844

Wheatstone ABC telegraph receiver, 1942

1842

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

Oesophageal forceps Durham's

1871-1830

Ronalds' rain and vapour gauge (evaporimeter) by Adie & Son

1843

Copper prize medal

1844

Copper medal

1843

The Gwaliar Campaign Star

1843

Medal commemorating J H de Chaufepie

1844

Alabaster kohl pot

2000-1350

Walker's Railway Time Table, and Coach, Omnibus and Carriers' List

1883-01

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

1972-3

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB

1990-95

Advertisement by GWR for the exhibition of the Galvanic and Electromagnetic Telegraphs

1845

May - Study No 167

1870-10

Engraving, letterhead, The Aerial Steam Carriage

1842-1845

Engraving, letterhead, The Aerial Steam Carriage

1842-1845

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Light French spectacles with oval lenses and hook side-arms

1845

Peltier Type Electrometer, 1848

1845

Small black slate palette with short handle and base carved in form of flat fish

3500-1000

Electrical recording mercury-in-glass weather balloon thermometer, 1843

1843