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Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845

1845

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Single needle telegraph, 1846

1846

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Cooke and Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

Cooke and Wheatstone double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Peel, Williams & Peel steam engine

1846

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848

1848

Stockton & Darlington Railway carriage

1847

Cooke's train signalling instrument of 1845, Norfolk Railway

1845

Single-needle block instrument

1845

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

Two lancets in a patterned silver case

1844

Seal die, The Southampton & Dorchester Railway Company

1845

model steam, crewe type locomotive

1846

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Plaster model of the lunar surface

1844

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

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

1846

Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1st Class carriage 'Traveller'

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Palmer's micrometer (replica)

circa 1848

Sewing machine by Elias Howe

circa 1846

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

1934

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

1870-1877

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

1705-1737

Plano-convex brick, Ubaid, Iraq, c 2500 BC.

2500 BCE

Advertisement placard for the exhibition of Cooke and Wheatstone's telegraph, c. 1845

1845

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

‘Morning Prayers’ printed in Frere tactile system for the blind, 1848

1848

‘Hymns Part One’ printed in Frere tactile system for the blind, 1848

1848

‘The Two Shoemakers’ printed in Frere tactile system for the blind, 1848

1848

‘Psalms of David’ printed in Frere tactile system for the blind, 1848

1848

‘The Old Testament, The Second Book of the Kings’ printed in Frere tactile system for the blind, 1848

1848

‘The Old Testament, The Second Book of Moses Called Exodus’ printed in Frere tactile system for the blind, 1848

1848

‘The Old Testament, The Fifth Book of Moses Called Deuteronomy’ printed in Frere tactile system for the blind, 1848

1848

‘The New Testament, The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Romans’ printed in Frere tactile system for the blind, 1848

1848

‘The Old Testament, The Proverbs’ printed in Frere tactile system for the blind, 1848

1848

‘The Old Testament, Book of Joshua’ printed in Frere tactile system for the blind, 1848

1848

Short Length of Losh's Parallel Rail of 1848

1848

Model of an Egyptian boat in XII Dynasty Tomb

1991-1783 BCE

Spindle with Whorl, Stone Age

5000-500 BCE

Anthony Trolloppe (sic)

1864-10