Model of the "Planet" Locomotive
1830 (original); 1967 (model)
Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851
1851
Wax portrait of Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy (1780 – 1854)
1851
Novelty model
1955; 1830
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835
1934
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Great Western Railway model of 'Iron Duke', 1851
1851
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
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
Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, 1934
1934
Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1st Class carriage 'Traveller'
1930 (replica); 1834 (original)
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera
1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)
Copy of the Receiver and Alarm Call of Schilling's Electric Telegraph, 1870-1877
1870-1877
Sample of 1851 Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851
1851
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936
1936
Mousetrap Camera
1834-1836
Daguerreotype of the Moon in leather case
1851
Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica
circa 3000 BCE
Richmond Railway Bridge, Surrey
1851
Railway Swing-bridge, Folkestone Harbour
1851
Rye Swing Bridge, South Eastern Railway
1851
The Reading Stations
1851
Engraving for British Gazette by A. Ashley
1851
Engraving for British Gazette by A. Ashley
1851
Ascensions Aerostatiques les Plus Remarquables
1851
Reversible axe on adze, green stone blade, North Papua (Astrolabe Bay)
2000 BCE
Engraving: 1851 Great Exhibition of Industry of all nations; vignette
1851
Chromolithograph, gilt trim
1851
View of the building in Hyde Park for the Great Exhibition
1851
Engraving: hand coloured
1851
Plaster model of tomb plaque
100 BCE-300 CE; 1890-1920
Alabaster mortar
2000-1350
Amulet showing Anubis
4000-30 BCE
Axe head shaped flint
10000-5000 BCE
Three flint knives and part of a trepanned skull, 10000-5000 BC.
10000-500 BCE
Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements
1972-3
Small stone scarab pierced longitudinally with flat base engraved with design of standing harpist and seated figure
2000-1000
Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promote general good health
1880-120
Haighton obstetrical forceps
1870-1850
Obstetrical forceps, Norway, 1801-1900
1872-3
Oesophageal forceps Durham's
1871-1830
Double-ended dental pelican
1851-1800
Brass saccharometer by R.B. Bate
1915-1825