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Sewing machine by Elias Howe

circa 1846

Britannia statue

1849

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

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

1846

Plaster model of the lunar surface

1844

Palmer's micrometer (replica)

circa 1848

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Cooke and Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.

1850

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848

1848

The Great Exhibition Polka 1851

1851

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Single needle telegraph, 1846

1846

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845

1845

Oil painting depicting Robert Stephenson

circa 1850s

Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB

1990-95

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Marble statue of George Stephenson, 1852

1852

model steam, crewe type locomotive

1846

1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845

Album of cyanotypes of British and Foreign Ferns

1853

Model railway turntable

1850

Caricature showing 'The State Doctor' during a cholera epidemic, Europe, c. 1854

circa 1854

Grand Junction Railway locomotive 'Columbine'

1845

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

1934

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

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

1705-1737

1853-1914, police officer, French

Bertillon, Alphonse

1853 - 1914

active 1853-1921, optical, mathematical, philosophical & electrical inst. maker, London, England

Elliott Brothers

1853 - 1921

Electrotype replica of a 16th-century mariner’s astrolabe

1580-1588; 1930

Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854

1854

Caricature showing a publican's dilemma during a cholera epidemic, Europe, c. 1854

circa 1854

Four-Wheeled Hand Crane

1850

Lucien Sharpe sheet metal gauge

circa 1850

William Thomson's marine mirror galvanometer, 1850-1900

1854

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

'The British Nave' at the Great Exhibition of 1851

1851

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

1870-1877

Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

2050-1750 BCE

1851-1954, locksmith, London, England

Hobbs, Hart and Company Limited

1851 - 1954

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

1848-1852