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Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

Sewing machine by Elias Howe

circa 1846

Watch made for the 1851 Great Exhibition by Alexander Watkins

1851

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848

1848

Marble statue of George Stephenson, 1852

1852

Model paddle wheel engines of the SS 'Great Eastern'

1853-1857

Skaife's Pistolgraph Camera

1858

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Britannia statue

1849

Palmer's micrometer (replica)

circa 1848

Builder's whole, rigged model, of SS 'Great Eastern', 1853-1857

1853-1857

Cammann type binaural stethoscope

1845-1855

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

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

1846

Architect's model of S&J Watts' warehouse

1850-1856

Colour lithograph of the S.S. 'Great Eastern'

1850-1859

Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845

1845

The Great Exhibition Polka 1851

1851

Lithograph, Chronological pictures of English History

1850-1859

Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849

1849

Bridge plaque - 1855

1855

Down Pipe from Maldon Witham & Braintree Railway

1846-1859

Silver presentation whistle and chain, London & South Western Railway

1853

Railway bridge section

1850

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

circa 1854

View of the Britannia Tubular Bridge

1850

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

circa 1854

South-East View of Sheffield

1855

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

1849

Longcase clock, Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works

1857

Peel, Williams & Peel steam engine

1846

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

England and her Soldiers

1859

seal die - Colne Valley and Halstead Railway

1856

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

1858

Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858

1858

Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

1851

Single needle telegraph, 1846

1846

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

Keyboard for transmitting telegraphic messages, 1845-1851

1845-1851

Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

Sample of the first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858

1858-03-02

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

1849

John Ellis

1858