Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Bridge plaque - 1855
1855
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854
1854
Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856
1856
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
Bright's bell telegraph, 1855
1855
Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835
1934
Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe
1854
Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851
1851
The Great Exhibition Polka 1851
1851
Purse presented to George Hall esq
1853
Silver presentation whistle and chain, London & South Western Railway
1853
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
Great Western Railway model of 'Iron Duke', 1851
1851
Novelty model
1955; 1830
William Thomson's marine mirror galvanometer, 1850-1900
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)
Model of machine for making drain pipes
1851
Telegraph block instrument; Walker's
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
Replica of 16th century German 'Hund' wagon, 1986
1986 (replica); 1501-1600 (original)
Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, 1934
1934
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
Copy of the Receiver and Alarm Call of Schilling's Electric Telegraph, 1870-1877
1870-1877
Royal footwarmer, Great Western Railway
1856
Bullion box containing lead shot
1855
Bronze bust of William Stuart
1855
Caricature showing a publican's dilemma during a cholera epidemic, Europe, c. 1854
circa 1854
'Thunder pump' magneto-electric device, 1856
1856
Sample of 1851 Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851
1851
Model of the "Planet" Locomotive
1830 (original); 1967 (model)
'The British Nave' at the Great Exhibition of 1851
1851
Micrometer type mechanical comparator
1855
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Spectacles, gold rims
1853
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body
1888-185
Silver gilt vinaigrette
1851
Wood tobacco pipe
1860-1820
Pewter enemea syringe
1852
Oesophageal forceps Durham's
1871-1830