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Stockton & Darlington Railway carriage

1847

Cooke's train signalling instrument of 1845, Norfolk Railway

1845

Single-needle block instrument

1845

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848

1848

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845

1845

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Single needle telegraph, 1846

1846

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Peel, Williams & Peel steam engine

1846

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Sewing machine by Elias Howe

circa 1846

Palmer's micrometer (replica)

circa 1848

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

1934

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

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

1705-1737

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

1870-1877

Seal die, The Southampton & Dorchester Railway Company

1845

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

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

1846

model steam, crewe type locomotive

1846

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Bronze medal to commemorate J.C.F. von Schiller

1847

Medal commemorating Jacques Coster

1846

Medal commemorating Alexander von Humboldt

1847

Andre-Marie Ampere

1825; 1910

Peltier Type Electrometer, 1848

1845

Arithmaurel calculating machine made by Maurel and Jayet

1848

Booklet containing nomogram

1845

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Handbill for a balloon ascent by Leiut. G.B. Gale

1847

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

Calf's Head Weight

1370-1350 BCE; 1931

Plaster replica of black Basalt Cubit Rod 531

1931; 250 BCE

Plaster replica of IBEX weight

1370-1350 BCE; 1931

Advertisement by GWR for the exhibition of the Galvanic and Electromagnetic Telegraphs

1845

Black stone container or palette

2000-1000

Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements

1972-3

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

2500 BCE

Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promote general good health

1880-120