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Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849

1849

Stockton & Darlington Railway carriage

1847

Single-needle block instrument

1845

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848

1848

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

1849

Peel, Williams & Peel steam engine

1846

Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845

1845

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

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

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Truncheon, ebony, England, 1849

1849

Cooke's train signalling instrument of 1845, Norfolk Railway

1845

Nimbus, or rain cloud

1849

Cumulostratus forming; fine weather Cirri above

1849

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

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

1846

model steam, crewe type locomotive

1846

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Palmer's micrometer (replica)

circa 1848

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

Britannia statue

1849

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1934

Sewing machine by Elias Howe

circa 1846

'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)

Medal, bronze, prize or national award for work or assistance during cholera outbreak in Belgium

1849

Peltier Type Electrometer, 1848

1845

Spirit thermometer by Pastorelli

1849

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

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