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

1850-1859

John Ellis

1858

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848

1848

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

1858

Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858

1858

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Architect's model of S&J Watts' warehouse

1850-1856

Cooke's train signalling instrument of 1845, Norfolk Railway

1845

Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849

1849

Single-needle block instrument

1845

Model railway turntable

1850

Model of Grew's locomotive for ice

circa 1861

Purse presented to George Hall esq

1853

Remington 44 Revolver

1863-1865

Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845

1845

Bridge plaque - 1855

1855

Great Western Railway model of 'Iron Duke', 1851

1851

Stockton & Darlington Railway carriage

1847

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Dandy cart and horse

1845-1855

James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

1851

Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe

1854

The Great Exhibition Polka 1851

1851

Atlantic cable specimen, 1865

1865

Sample of the first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

Lithograph, Chronological pictures of English History

1850-1859

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

Cast iron plaque from Queenstown Road Bridge, Battersea, London, 1865

1865

Ramsbottom speed indicator

1860

Signal Block Bell, South Eastern Railway

1862

Engraving of Theory of pulleys (Theorie elementaire des Poulies)

1850-1860

Peel, Williams & Peel steam engine

1846

Henley needle galvanometer, 1855-1860

1855-1860

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854

1854

Bright's bell telegraph, 1855

1855

Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856

1856

Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858

1858-03-02

Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.

1850

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

1848-1852

Single needle telegraph, 1846

1846

Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph, 1858

1858

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7