Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia
1847-1848
Sewing machine by Elias Howe
circa 1846
Model of the "Planet" Locomotive
1830 (original); 1967 (model)
Furness Railway steam locomotive 'Coppernob' 0-4-0, No 3, 1846
1846
'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century
1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)
The Great Exhibition Polka 1851
1851
'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
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
Silver presentation whistle and chain, London & South Western Railway
1853
Railway bridge section
1850
Marble statue of George Stephenson, 1852
1852
View of the Britannia Tubular Bridge
1850
Thames Tunnel opening commemorative medal, 1843
1843
Engraving: Watt's first experiment of steam. By James Scott after R.W. Buss
1849
Novelty model
1955; 1830
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
Stockton & Darlington Railway carriage
1847
Cooke's train signalling instrument of 1845, Norfolk Railway
1845
Single-needle block instrument
1845
Henley's magneto electric double needle telegraph, 1848-1852
1848-1852
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851
1851
Single needle telegraph, 1846
1846
Cooke and Wheatstone double needle telegraph, 1844
1844
Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835
1934
Keyboard for transmitting telegraphic messages, 1845-1851
1845-1851
Cooke and Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1844
1844
Wax portrait of Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy (1780 – 1854)
1851
Wax portrait of George Atkins (1766 – 1855) by Richard Cockle Lucas
1852
Silver kettle presented to Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy (1780 – 1854)
1849
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849
1849
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.
1850
Two lancets in a patterned silver case
1844