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Sewing machine by Elias Howe

circa 1846

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

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

1846

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Cumulostratus forming; fine weather Cirri above

1849

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Cammann type binaural stethoscope

1845-1855

Windsor mantle clock

1845-1855

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Nasmyth's Steam Hammer

1845-1855

Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845

1845

The Great Exhibition Polka 1851

1851

Purse presented to George Hall esq

1853

Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe

1854

Railway bridge section

1850

Marble statue of George Stephenson, 1852

1852

Caricature of an undertaker hoping for cholera, Europe, c. 1854

circa 1854

View of the Britannia Tubular Bridge

1850

South-East View of Sheffield

1855

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

1849

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Truncheon, ebony, England, 1849

1849

Silver presentation whistle and chain, London & South Western Railway

1853

Peel, Williams & Peel steam engine

1846

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848

1848

Model railway turntable

1850

Stockton & Darlington Railway carriage

1847

Dandy cart and horse

1845-1855

Cooke's train signalling instrument of 1845, Norfolk Railway

1845

Single-needle block instrument

1845

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

1848-1852

Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854

1854

Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

1851

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Wax portrait of Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy (1780 – 1854)

1851

Wax portrait of George Atkins (1766 – 1855) by Richard Cockle Lucas

1852

Single needle telegraph, 1846

1846

Keyboard for transmitting telegraphic messages, 1845-1851

1845-1851

Silver kettle presented to Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy (1780 – 1854)

1849

Great Western Railway model of 'Iron Duke', 1851

1851

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

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

circa 1854

Bridge plaque - 1855

1855

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849

1849

Bright's bell telegraph, 1855

1855

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.

1850

Bullion box containing lead shot

1855

Bridge link

1852