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Builder's whole, rigged model, of SS 'Great Eastern', 1853-1857

1853-1857

Sewing machine by Elias Howe

circa 1846

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

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

1846

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Cammann type binaural stethoscope

1845-1855

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

The Great Exhibition Polka 1851

1851

Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph, 1858

1858

Dandy cart and horse

1845-1855

'The British Nave' at the Great Exhibition of 1851

1851

Palmer's micrometer (replica)

circa 1848

Bullion box containing lead shot

1855

Nimbus, or rain cloud

1849

Model paddle wheel engines of the SS 'Great Eastern'

1853-1857

Skaife's Pistolgraph Camera

1858

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Britannia statue

1849

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

Lithograph, Chronological pictures of English History

1850-1859

Purse presented to George Hall esq

1853

Bridge plaque - 1855

1855

Down Pipe from Maldon Witham & Braintree Railway

1846-1859

Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe

1854

Railway bridge section

1850

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

South-East View of Sheffield

1855

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

1849

Longcase clock, Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works

1857

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848

1848

John Ellis

1858

Model railway turntable

1850

Great Western Railway model of 'Iron Duke', 1851

1851

Architect's model of S&J Watts' warehouse

1850-1856

Colour lithograph of the S.S. 'Great Eastern'

1850-1859

Cooke's train signalling instrument of 1845, Norfolk Railway

1845

Single-needle block instrument

1845

seal die - Colne Valley and Halstead Railway

1856

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

1858

Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858

1858

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

1851