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Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849

1849

Railway bridge section

1850

Stockton & Darlington Railway carriage

1847

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848

1848

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Truncheon, ebony, England, 1849

1849

Model railway turntable

1850

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.

1850

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

View of the Britannia Tubular Bridge

1850

Engraving: Watt's first experiment of steam. By James Scott after R.W. Buss

1849

Nimbus, or rain cloud

1849

Cumulostratus forming; fine weather Cirri above

1849

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Four-Wheeled Hand Crane

1850

Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1st Class carriage 'Traveller'

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Oil painting depicting Robert Stephenson

circa 1850s

Lucien Sharpe sheet metal gauge

circa 1850

Palmer's micrometer (replica)

circa 1848

Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement

1705-1737

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

Britannia statue

1849

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Lead weight marked 'Reid' from the first cross-Channel telegraph cable, 1850.

1850

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)

Copy of the Receiver and Alarm Call of Schilling's Electric Telegraph, 1870-1877

1870-1877

Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, 1934

1934

Portable double-needle telegraph and test set, 1850

1850

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Circular bronze medal

1848-1850

Medal commemorating Michael Skjelderup

1849

Bronze medal to commemorate J.C.F. von Schiller

1847

Medal commemorating Alexander von Humboldt

1847

Andre-Marie Ampere

1825; 1910

Silver medal commemorating setting up of commission to investigate insanitary lodgings

1850

Medal, bronze, prize or national award for work or assistance during cholera outbreak in Belgium

1849

Copper medal to commemorate the opening of the new public water supply at Dijon

1850

Spirit thermometer by Pastorelli

1849

Arithmaurel calculating machine made by Maurel and Jayet

1848

Chamberlain's Improved Drawing Board

1849

Bourdon's aneroid barometer

1850

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE