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Great Western Railway model of 'Iron Duke', 1851

1851

great north of england railway bye laws notice

1842

Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

1851

Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845

1845

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

The Great Exhibition Polka 1851

1851

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Single needle telegraph, 1846

1846

Purse presented to George Hall esq

1853

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849

1849

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

Keyboard for transmitting telegraphic messages, 1845-1851

1845-1851

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

1849

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Station bell, Manchester & Leeds Railway

1842

Dandy cart and horse

1845-1855

Truncheon, ebony, England, 1849

1849

Peel, Williams & Peel steam engine

1846

Stockton & Darlington Railway carriage

1847

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

1848-1852

Bright's bell telegraph, 1855

1855

Cooke and Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.

1850

Cooke's train signalling instrument of 1845, Norfolk Railway

1845

Cooke and Wheatstone double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848

1848

Single-needle block instrument

1845

Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854

1854

Model railway turntable

1850

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

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

1934

Lead weight marked 'Reid' from the first cross-Channel telegraph cable, 1850.

1850

William Thomson's marine mirror galvanometer, 1850-1900

1854

Two lancets in a patterned silver case

1844

Wheatstone ABC telegraph receiver, 1942

1842

Portable double-needle telegraph and test set, 1850

1850

Seal die, The Southampton & Dorchester Railway Company

1845