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Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Peel, Williams & Peel steam engine

1846

Stockton & Darlington Railway carriage

1847

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

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848

1848

model steam, crewe type locomotive

1846

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Sewing machine by Elias Howe

circa 1846

Palmer's micrometer (replica)

circa 1848

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

1934

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

1846

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

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Map of the Lancashire & Yorkshire North Eastern Railway shewing its connection with the exisiting and projected lines of the district

1846

May - Study No 167

1870-10

Walker's Railway Time Table, and Coach, Omnibus and Carriers' List

1883-01

Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill

1730; 1967

Lorina, Edith and Alice Liddel

1872-08

Steam locomotive, entitled Cornwall

1847

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

Wood tobacco pipe

1860-1820

Staffordshire cup

1847

Oesophageal forceps Durham's

1871-1830

Brass saccharometer by R.B. Bate

1915-1825

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

1990-95

Uterine probe

1901-950

Military surgeon's pouch, with grenadier badge

1847

Lever watch in pair case with crank roller

1800-1830

Lever watch in case

1800-1830

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

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

Single needle instrument, Highton's 1848

1848

Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination

3000-1500

copy of a gold cup.

3000-2000 BCE

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836