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'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Bridge plaque - 1855

1855

Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe

1854

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

circa 1854

seal die - Colne Valley and Halstead Railway

1856

Purse presented to George Hall esq

1853

Silver presentation whistle and chain, London & South Western Railway

1853

Marble statue of George Stephenson, 1852

1852

Novelty model

1955; 1830

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

circa 1854

South-East View of Sheffield

1855

Bright's bell telegraph, 1855

1855

Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856

1856

Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854

1854

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Wax portrait of George Atkins (1766 – 1855) by Richard Cockle Lucas

1852

Bridge link

1852

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

1855

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Royal footwarmer, Great Western Railway

1856

Bullion box containing lead shot

1855

Bronze bust of William Stuart

1855

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

circa 1854

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Spectacles, gold rims

1853

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Micrometer type mechanical comparator

1855

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

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

1705-1737

'Thunder pump' magneto-electric device, 1856

1856

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

Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB

1990-95

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Album of cyanotypes of British and Foreign Ferns

1853

Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

First Class: The Meeting

1855

Set of 24 Early Photographs of Incidents in the Crimean War

1855-1856

Crossed Muslin

1852

Four Glass Collodion Positives Showing Perforations

1852

long-beam chemical balance

circa 1855