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Model paddle wheel engines of the SS 'Great Eastern'

1853-1857

James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

Purse presented to George Hall esq

1853

Bridge plaque - 1855

1855

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

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

Ramsbottom speed indicator

1860

Dagron microphotographic camera

circa 1860

England and her Soldiers

1859

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Longcase clock, Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works

1857

seal die - Colne Valley and Halstead Railway

1856

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

1858

Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858

1858

Bright's bell telegraph, 1855

1855

Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854

1854

Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph, 1858

1858

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

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

One of the First Rechargeable Batteries, about 1860

1860

Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858

1858-03-02

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

1852

John Ellis

1858

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856

1856

Henley needle galvanometer, 1855-1860

1855-1860

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

South-East View of Sheffield

1855

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, English civil engineer, mid-19th century.

1860

Royal footwarmer, Great Western Railway

1856

Bullion box containing lead shot

1855

Bridge link

1852

Child's ceramic alphabet bowl, North Staffordshire Railway

1860

earthenware commemorative plate displaying the company seal of the Hull & Hornsea Railway

1860

Bronze bust of William Stuart

1855

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)

Model of a Power Loom for Plain Weaving

1857

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Spectacles, gold rims

1853

Bust of James Watt in Parian Ware made by Josiah Wedgwood & Sons from original by E.W. Wyon

after 1859

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

1855

Skaife's Pistolgraph Camera

1858

Map of England and Wales jigsaw puzzle

circa 1860