Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera
1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)
'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century
1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)
Bridge plaque - 1855
1855
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
Longcase clock, Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works
1857
seal die - Colne Valley and Halstead Railway
1856
Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835
1934
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
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe
1854
Novelty model
1955; 1830
Islay shipwreck components
1857
Bullion box containing lead shot
1855
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
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Model of the "Planet" Locomotive
1830 (original); 1967 (model)
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
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)
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
Chart of the Atlantic showing proposed course of the Atlantic Cable, 1856-1857
1856-1857
Copy of the Receiver and Alarm Call of Schilling's Electric Telegraph, 1870-1877
1870-1877
Portrait bust of Henry Maudslay
before 1857
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Magneto-electrometer, 1857
1857
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Royal footwarmer, Great Western Railway
1856
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Model of submersible 'Turtle'
1976; 1776
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Mousetrap Camera
1834-1836
Fowke's Bellows camera
1856
Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915
300 BCE; 1905-1915
Glass display case containing various cosmetic devices from the 1700s, England, 1880-1930
1701-1800
Copy of Lodestone believed to have been used by Queen Anne
1929 (copy); 1702-1714 (original)
Working model of Express locomotive engine (Crampton)
1855