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Model of Grew's locomotive for ice

circa 1861

Bridge plaque - 1855

1855

Ramsbottom speed indicator

1860

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

1858

Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858

1858-03-02

Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe

1854

Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858

1858

John Ellis

1858

Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

Sample of the first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

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

James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

South-East View of Sheffield

1855

Dagron microphotographic camera

circa 1860

Longcase clock, Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works

1857

Henley needle galvanometer, 1855-1860

1855-1860

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Bright's bell telegraph, 1855

1855

Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856

1856

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph, 1858

1858

Purse presented to George Hall esq

1853

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Silver presentation whistle and chain, London & South Western Railway

1853

Marble statue of George Stephenson, 1852

1852

Novelty model

1955; 1830

One of the First Rechargeable Batteries, about 1860

1860

Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854

1854

England and her Soldiers

1859

Lid for Self Cleansing carbon filter

circa 1861

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Model paddle wheel engines of the SS 'Great Eastern'

1853-1857

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

1860

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)

William Thomson's marine mirror galvanometer, 1850-1900

1854

Thomson's mirror galvanometer, 1858

1858

Bronze bust of William Stuart

1855

Spectacles, gold rims

1853

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

after 1859

Bridge link

1852

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

1934

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

circa 1854

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Islay shipwreck components

1857

Portrait bust of Henry Maudslay

before 1857