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
Model of the "Planet" Locomotive
1830 (original); 1967 (model)
'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century
1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)
Palmer's micrometer (replica)
circa 1848
Nimbus, or rain cloud
1849
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Britannia statue
1849
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Railway bridge section
1850
View of the Britannia Tubular Bridge
1850
Engraving: Watt's first experiment of steam. By James Scott after R.W. Buss
1849
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848
1848
Model railway turntable
1850
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
Novelty model
1955; 1830
Truncheon, ebony, England, 1849
1849
Peel, Williams & Peel steam engine
1846
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849
1849
Single needle telegraph, 1846
1846
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.
1850
Silver kettle presented to Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy (1780 – 1854)
1849
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Stockton & Darlington Railway carriage
1847
Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835
1934
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Four-Wheeled Hand Crane
1850
Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1st Class carriage 'Traveller'
1930 (replica); 1834 (original)
Lucien Sharpe sheet metal gauge
circa 1850
Oil painting depicting Robert Stephenson
circa 1850s
Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera
1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)
seal die - Colchester, Stour valley, Sudbury and Halstead Railway
1846
Lead weight marked 'Reid' from the first cross-Channel telegraph cable, 1850.
1850
model steam, crewe type locomotive
1846
Cumulostratus forming; fine weather Cirri above
1849
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Portable double-needle telegraph and test set, 1850
1850
Copy of the Receiver and Alarm Call of Schilling's Electric Telegraph, 1870-1877
1870-1877
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, 1934
1934
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Replica of Lightning Conductor by Benjamin Franklin, United States, 1730-1760
1730-1760 (original); 1931-1939 (replica)
Mousetrap Camera
1834-1836
Model Boat from Cyclades, 2800 BC
2800 BCE
Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica
circa 3000 BCE