Builder's whole, rigged model, of SS 'Great Eastern', 1853-1857
1853-1857
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
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
Mousetrap Camera
1834-1836
Model paddle wheel engines of the SS 'Great Eastern'
1853-1857
Model of the "Planet" Locomotive
1830 (original); 1967 (model)
Britannia statue
1849
Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera
1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Palmer's micrometer (replica)
circa 1848
Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.
1850
The Great Exhibition Polka 1851
1851
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848
1848
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Bullion box containing lead shot
1855
Model of a Power Loom for Plain Weaving
1857
'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century
1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)
Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835
1934
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Watch made for the 1851 Great Exhibition by Alexander Watkins
1851
Marble statue of George Stephenson, 1852
1852
'The British Nave' at the Great Exhibition of 1851
1851
Single needle telegraph, 1846
1846
Oil painting depicting Robert Stephenson
circa 1850s
Micrometer type mechanical comparator
1855
Model steam, crewe type locomotive
1846
Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, 1934
1934
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Caricature showing 'The State Doctor' during a cholera epidemic, Europe, c. 1854
circa 1854
Model of street-sweeping machine.
1850-1857
William Thomson's marine mirror galvanometer, 1850-1900
1854
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849
1849
Novelty model
1955; 1830
Railway bridge section
1850
South-East View of Sheffield
1855
Caricature showing a publican's dilemma during a cholera epidemic, Europe, c. 1854
circa 1854
Sample of 1851 Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851
1851
Copy of the Receiver and Alarm Call of Schilling's Electric Telegraph, 1870-1877
1870-1877
Lucien Sharpe sheet metal gauge
circa 1850
Bridge link
1852
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Poster advertising lectures on phrenology, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, 1851
1851
Bright's bell telegraph, 1855
1855
Henley's magneto electric double needle telegraph, 1848-1852
1848-1852
Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854
1854
Four-Wheeled Hand Crane
1850