Sewing machine by Elias Howe
circa 1846
Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia
1847-1848
Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.
1850
Bullion box containing lead shot
1855
Oil painting depicting Robert Stephenson
circa 1850s
Palmer's micrometer (replica)
circa 1848
Furness Railway steam locomotive 'Coppernob' 0-4-0, No 3, 1846
1846
Britannia statue
1849
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848
1848
Model railway turntable
1850
seal die - Colne Valley and Halstead Railway
1856
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835
1934
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
The Great Exhibition Polka 1851
1851
Purse presented to George Hall esq
1853
Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe
1854
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
Engraving: Watt's first experiment of steam. By James Scott after R.W. Buss
1849
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Railway bridge section
1850
Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849
1849
Silver presentation whistle and chain, London & South Western Railway
1853
Marble statue of George Stephenson, 1852
1852
Novelty model
1955; 1830
Truncheon, ebony, England, 1849
1849
Peel, Williams & Peel steam engine
1846
Stockton & Darlington Railway carriage
1847
Bright's bell telegraph, 1855
1855
Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856
1856
Henley's magneto electric double needle telegraph, 1848-1852
1848-1852
Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851
1851
Single needle telegraph, 1846
1846
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Wax portrait of Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy (1780 – 1854)
1851
Wax portrait of George Atkins (1766 – 1855) by Richard Cockle Lucas
1852
Silver kettle presented to Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy (1780 – 1854)
1849
Bridge plaque - 1855
1855
Great Western Railway model of 'Iron Duke', 1851
1851
Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854
1854
South-East View of Sheffield
1855
Architect's model of S&J Watts' warehouse
1850-1856
Bridge link
1852
Caricature showing a publican's dilemma during a cholera epidemic, Europe, c. 1854
circa 1854
Nimbus, or rain cloud
1849
Cumulostratus forming; fine weather Cirri above
1849
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)