Bridge plaque - 1855
1855
Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835
1934
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
Purse presented to George Hall esq
1853
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe
1854
Silver presentation whistle and chain, London & South Western Railway
1853
Novelty model
1955; 1830
Longcase clock, Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works
1857
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
Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854
1854
Bullion box containing lead shot
1855
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Spectacles, gold rims
1853
Model paddle wheel engines of the SS 'Great Eastern'
1853-1857
Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, 1934
1934
William Thomson's marine mirror galvanometer, 1850-1900
1854
Islay shipwreck components
1857
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
Magneto-electrometer, 1857
1857
Royal footwarmer, Great Western Railway
1856
Chart of the Atlantic showing proposed course of the Atlantic Cable, 1856-1857
1856-1857
'Thunder pump' magneto-electric device, 1856
1856
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century
1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Bronze bust of William Stuart
1855
Caricature showing a publican's dilemma during a cholera epidemic, Europe, c. 1854
circa 1854
Model of a Power Loom for Plain Weaving
1857
Telegraph block instrument; South Eastern Railway; Walker's patent No. 245
1855
Micrometer type mechanical comparator
1855
Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1st Class carriage 'Traveller'
1930 (replica); 1834 (original)
Portrait bust of Henry Maudslay
before 1857
Builder's whole, rigged model, of SS 'Great Eastern', 1853-1857
1853-1857
Model of the "Planet" Locomotive
1830 (original); 1967 (model)
Salt print of a Cuneiform clay tablet
1854
Daguerreotype of John Avery Stranded In Rapids Above Niagara
1853
Teneriffe
1856
Teneriffe
1856
May - Study No 167
1870-10
L & C Railway Locomotive Engine Memoranda from Nov. 22nd 1856
1856
Walker's Railway Time Table, and Coach, Omnibus and Carriers' List
1883-01
Serrin's gravity fed and electromagnetically controlled arc lamp
after 1857