Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Truncheon, ebony, England, 1849
1849
Single needle telegraph, 1846
1846
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Bright's bell telegraph, 1855
1855
Henley's magneto electric double needle telegraph, 1848-1852
1848-1852
Model railway turntable
1850
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848
1848
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
Peel, Williams & Peel steam engine
1846
Great Western Railway model of 'Iron Duke', 1851
1851
Architect's model of S&J Watts' warehouse
1850-1856
Stockton & Darlington Railway carriage
1847
Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856
1856
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
Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.
1850
Micrometer type mechanical comparator
1855
Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia
1847-1848
Lead weight marked 'Reid' from the first cross-Channel telegraph cable, 1850.
1850
'Thunder pump' magneto-electric device, 1856
1856
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)
Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera
1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)
Poster advertising lectures on phrenology, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, 1851
1851
Four-Wheeled Hand Crane
1850
Furness Railway steam locomotive 'Coppernob' 0-4-0, No 3, 1846
1846
Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1st Class carriage 'Traveller'
1930 (replica); 1834 (original)
Britannia statue
1849
Lucien Sharpe sheet metal gauge
circa 1850
Palmer's micrometer (replica)
circa 1848
Sewing machine by Elias Howe
circa 1846