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Builder's whole, rigged model, of SS 'Great Eastern', 1853-1857

1853-1857

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

The Great Exhibition Polka 1851

1851

'The British Nave' at the Great Exhibition of 1851

1851

Palmer's micrometer (replica)

circa 1848

Bullion box containing lead shot

1855

Nimbus, or rain cloud

1849

Model paddle wheel engines of the SS 'Great Eastern'

1853-1857

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Britannia statue

1849

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Purse presented to George Hall esq

1853

Bridge plaque - 1855

1855

Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe

1854

Railway bridge section

1850

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

Longcase clock, Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works

1857

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848

1848

Model railway turntable

1850

Great Western Railway model of 'Iron Duke', 1851

1851

Architect's model of S&J Watts' warehouse

1850-1856

seal die - Colne Valley and Halstead Railway

1856

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

1851

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

Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849

1849

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

Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854

1854

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.

1850

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

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Model of street-sweeping machine.

1850-1857

Stockton & Darlington Railway carriage

1847

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934