The Great Exhibition Polka 1851

1851

Purse presented to George Hall esq

1853

Bridge plaque - 1855

1855

Marble statue of George Stephenson, 1852

1852

Caricature of an undertaker hoping for cholera, Europe, c. 1854

circa 1854

Caricature showing 'The State Doctor' during a cholera epidemic, Europe, c. 1854

circa 1854

South-East View of Sheffield

1855

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

1851

Bright's bell telegraph, 1855

1855

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854

1854

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Great Western Railway model of 'Iron Duke', 1851

1851

Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe

1854

Silver presentation whistle and chain, London & South Western Railway

1853

Poster advertising lectures on phrenology, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, 1851

1851

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

1705-1737

Bullion box containing lead shot

1855

Bridge link

1852

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Telegraph block instrument; South Eastern Railway; Walker's patent No. 245

1855

Bronze bust of William Stuart

1855

Caricature showing a publican's dilemma during a cholera epidemic, Europe, c. 1854

circa 1854

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

'The British Nave' at the Great Exhibition of 1851

1851

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Spectacles, gold rims

1853

Micrometer type mechanical comparator

1855

William Thomson's marine mirror galvanometer, 1850-1900

1854

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

1934

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

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Model of machine for making drain pipes

1851

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Photoglyphic engraving depicting lace

circa 1852

Salt print of a Cuneiform clay tablet

1854

Axe head shaped flint

10000-5000 BCE

Iron Weight

1910-130

Portable chemical balance

circa 1855

Part of Electromagnet

1855

medal copper

1855

Print, [Great Exhibition 1851] a view of the Crystal Palace exterior facade and gardens

1851

Perspective view of the Great Central Railway Station, Derby

1851

Fern Leaf

1852