Great Western Railway model of 'Iron Duke', 1851
1851
The Great Exhibition Polka 1851
1851
Purse presented to George Hall esq
1853
Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe
1854
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
Marble statue of George Stephenson, 1852
1852
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Bridge plaque - 1855
1855
Silver presentation whistle and chain, London & South Western Railway
1853
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854
1854
Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851
1851
Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835
1934
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
Bright's bell telegraph, 1855
1855
Bullion box containing lead shot
1855
Bridge link
1852
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)
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Spectacles, gold rims
1853
Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera
1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)
Telegraph block instrument; South Eastern Railway; Walker's patent No. 245
1855
Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1st Class carriage 'Traveller'
1930 (replica); 1834 (original)
Poster advertising lectures on phrenology, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, 1851
1851
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Bronze bust of William Stuart
1855
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
'The British Nave' at the Great Exhibition of 1851
1851
Model of the "Planet" Locomotive
1830 (original); 1967 (model)
'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century
1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)
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
Mosquee du Sultan Mahmoud a Tophanna
circa 1855
Camp du 97th Regiment Anglais
1855
Crossed Muslin
1852
Four Glass Collodion Positives Showing Perforations
1852
Niger of Sunderland William Souter Commander
1852
Lord of the Isles
1851
Lowestoft-Low Lighthouse
circa 1855
Sluice gate from Longdendale reservoirs
circa 1851
Model of a London omnibus
1855
Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica
circa 3000 BCE