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Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849

1849

Model railway turntable

1850

Railway bridge section

1850

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Truncheon, ebony, England, 1849

1849

View of the Britannia Tubular Bridge

1850

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

1849

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848

1848

Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.

1850

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Nimbus, or rain cloud

1849

Cumulostratus forming; fine weather Cirri above

1849

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Lucien Sharpe sheet metal gauge

circa 1850

Palmer's micrometer (replica)

circa 1848

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

1850

Four-Wheeled Hand Crane

1850

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

1934

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

1705-1737

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

1870-1877

Portable double-needle telegraph and test set, 1850

1850

Britannia statue

1849

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Oil painting depicting Robert Stephenson

circa 1850s

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

May - Study No 167

1870-10

Large padlock with key by Moreton and Langley

1850

Walker's Railway Time Table, and Coach, Omnibus and Carriers' List

1883-01

The Principles & Practice & Explanation of the Machinery of Locomotive Engines

1850

Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill

1730; 1967

Lorina, Edith and Alice Liddel

1872-08

Gilt perfume case

1849

Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements

1972-3

Plano-convex brick, Ubaid, Iraq, c 2500 BC.

2500 BCE

Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promote general good health

1880-120

Wood tobacco pipe

1860-1820

Ice skate of about 1850

circa 1850

Haighton obstetrical forceps

1870-1850

2 lancets

1849

Oesophageal forceps Durham's

1871-1830

Brass saccharometer by R.B. Bate

1915-1825

Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB

1990-95

Uterine probe

1901-950