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Sewing machine by Elias Howe

circa 1846

Britannia statue

1849

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

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

1846

Plaster model of the lunar surface

1844

Palmer's micrometer (replica)

circa 1848

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Cooke and Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.

1850

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848

1848

The Great Exhibition Polka 1851

1851

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Single needle telegraph, 1846

1846

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Whitworth Planing Machine

circa 1842

Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845

1845

Oil painting depicting Robert Stephenson

circa 1850s

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

1990-95

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Thames Tunnel opening commemorative medal, 1843

1843

model steam, crewe type locomotive

1846

1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845

Model railway turntable

1850

Grand Junction Railway locomotive 'Columbine'

1845

Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, 1934

1934

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

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

1705-1737

1843-1910, microbiologist and Nobel prize winner, German

Koch, Robert

1843 - 1910

Electrotype replica of a 16th-century mariner’s astrolabe

1580-1588; 1930

Four-Wheeled Hand Crane

1850

Lucien Sharpe sheet metal gauge

circa 1850

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

'The British Nave' at the Great Exhibition of 1851

1851

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

1870-1877

Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

2050-1750 BCE

Queen Adelaide's Saloon, No. 2

1842

1851-1954, locksmith, London, England

Hobbs, Hart and Company Limited

1851 - 1954

Decorated keystone from South Stockton arch, Thornaby station

1842

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Cooke and Wheatstone double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

Nimbus, or rain cloud

1849