Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
The Great Exhibition Polka 1851
1851
Purse presented to George Hall esq
1853
Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849
1849
Bridge plaque - 1855
1855
Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe
1854
Silver presentation whistle and chain, London & South Western Railway
1853
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
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
Novelty model
1955; 1830
Truncheon, ebony, England, 1849
1849
Peel, Williams & Peel steam engine
1846
Great Western Railway model of 'Iron Duke', 1851
1851
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848
1848
Model railway turntable
1850
Stockton & Darlington Railway carriage
1847
Single needle telegraph, 1846
1846
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854
1854
Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851
1851
Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835
1934
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
Bright's bell telegraph, 1855
1855
Henley's magneto electric double needle telegraph, 1848-1852
1848-1852
Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.
1850
Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia
1847-1848
Bullion box containing lead shot
1855
Bridge link
1852
Bronze bust of William Stuart
1855
Caricature showing a publican's dilemma during a cholera epidemic, Europe, c. 1854
circa 1854
model steam, crewe type locomotive
1846
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
'The British Nave' at the Great Exhibition of 1851
1851
Nimbus, or rain cloud
1849
Cumulostratus forming; fine weather Cirri above
1849
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Spectacles, gold rims
1853
Monaural stethoscope and percussor
1846-1855
Model of the "Planet" Locomotive
1830 (original); 1967 (model)
Oil painting depicting Robert Stephenson
circa 1850s
Telegraph block instrument; South Eastern Railway; Walker's patent No. 245
1855
'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century
1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Micrometer type mechanical comparator
1855