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Bridge plaque - 1855

1855

Great Western Railway model of 'Iron Duke', 1851

1851

Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

1851

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Bright's bell telegraph, 1855

1855

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Purse presented to George Hall esq

1853

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe

1854

Silver presentation whistle and chain, London & South Western Railway

1853

Marble statue of George Stephenson, 1852

1852

Novelty model

1955; 1830

The Great Exhibition Polka 1851

1851

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

Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854

1854

Bullion box containing lead shot

1855

Bridge link

1852

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Spectacles, gold rims

1853

Model of machine for making drain pipes

1851

Sample of 1851 Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

1851

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

1934

William Thomson's marine mirror galvanometer, 1850-1900

1854

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

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

'The British Nave' at the Great Exhibition of 1851

1851

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

1851

Bronze bust of William Stuart

1855

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

circa 1854

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

1855

Micrometer type mechanical comparator

1855

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Salt print of a Cuneiform clay tablet

1854

Fern Leaf

1852

Crossed Muslin

1852

Four Glass Collodion Positives Showing Perforations

1852

Daguerreotype of John Avery Stranded In Rapids Above Niagara

1853

May - Study No 167

1870-10

Dandelion Seeds

1852

Singer Lockstitch sewing machine model of 1851

1851-1855

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

1883-01

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

1730; 1967