Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851
1851
The Great Exhibition Polka 1851
1851
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
Great Western Railway model of 'Iron Duke', 1851
1851
Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835
1934
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Marble statue of George Stephenson, 1852
1852
Novelty model
1955; 1830
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1st Class carriage 'Traveller'
1930 (replica); 1834 (original)
Sample of 1851 Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851
1851
Bridge link
1852
Poster advertising lectures on phrenology, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, 1851
1851
Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera
1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
'The British Nave' at the Great Exhibition of 1851
1851
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
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Model of the "Planet" Locomotive
1830 (original); 1967 (model)
'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century
1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Andre-Marie Ampere
1825; 1910
Note from Mr Droffnore
1851
The Conway Tubular Bridge on the Chester and Holyhead Railway
1851
Stereoscopic photographs and designs in box
1852
Roman Coin of Tiberius
30 CE
Roman Coin of Tiberius
30 CE
Rain gauge square section
1851
Red granite drill core
2686-2613 BCE
Great Tubular Bridge across the Menai Strait, Chester and Holyhead Railway
1851
NEMA cryptography machine type T-D
1945-50
Receipt with letter heading. Alexander Adie & Son
1852
Calf's Head Weight
1370-1350 BCE; 1931
Plaster replica of black Basalt Cubit Rod 531
1931; 250 BCE
Plaster replica of IBEX weight
1370-1350 BCE; 1931
Figure of Alexander Humboldt
1851
Black stone container or palette
2000-1000
Amuletic brooch
1851
Pewter enemea syringe
1852
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
Haighton obstetrical forceps
1870-1850
Oesophageal forceps Durham's
1871-1830
Double-ended dental pelican
1851-1800
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95