Builder's whole, rigged model, of SS 'Great Eastern', 1853-1857
1853-1857
Model of the "Planet" Locomotive
1830 (original); 1967 (model)
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
Longcase clock, Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works
1857
Bright's bell telegraph, 1855
1855
Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856
1856
Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph, 1858
1858
Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858
1857-1858
Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858
1857-1858
Sample of the first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858
1857-1858
Wax portrait of George Atkins (1766 – 1855) by Richard Cockle Lucas
1852
Bridge plaque - 1855
1855
Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854
1854
South-East View of Sheffield
1855
Silver presentation whistle and chain, London & South Western Railway
1853
Marble statue of George Stephenson, 1852
1852
Novelty model
1955; 1830
John Ellis
1858
seal die - Colne Valley and Halstead Railway
1856
Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858
1858
Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858
1858
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
Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858
1858-03-02
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Islay shipwreck components
1857
Bridge link
1852
Caricature showing a publican's dilemma during a cholera epidemic, Europe, c. 1854
circa 1854
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Model paddle wheel engines of the SS 'Great Eastern'
1853-1857
Thomson's mirror galvanometer, 1858
1858
Thomson (Lord Kelvin) double curb transmitter, 1858
1858
William Thomson's marine mirror galvanometer, 1850-1900
1854
Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, 1934
1934
Whitehouse's induction coil, 1858
1858
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Skaife's Pistolgraph Camera
1858
'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century
1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)
Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera
1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Bullion box containing lead shot
1855
Royal footwarmer, Great Western Railway
1856
Locomotive Memoranda, Engines
1856
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)
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737