Bridge plaque - 1855
1855
Novelty model
1955; 1830
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
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835
1934
South-East View of Sheffield
1855
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
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)
Bullion box containing lead shot
1855
Bronze bust of William Stuart
1855
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
'Thunder pump' magneto-electric device, 1856
1856
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Model of the "Planet" Locomotive
1830 (original); 1967 (model)
Royal footwarmer, Great Western Railway
1856
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century
1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera
1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)
Micrometer type mechanical comparator
1855
Copy of the Receiver and Alarm Call of Schilling's Electric Telegraph, 1870-1877
1870-1877
Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, 1934
1934
Medal, Grant Medical College
1855
Andre-Marie Ampere
1825; 1910
medal copper
1855
Everest theodolite
circa 1855
Balfour-Stewart experimental mercury thermometer
1856
Ten Reales coin of Isabella II (Spain)
1855
Roman Coin of Tiberius
30 CE
Roman Coin of Tiberius
30 CE
Red granite drill core
2686-2613 BCE
Horizontal sundial, inscribed: 'LIFE A SHAD-W A.D. 1856'
1856
Coloured portrait of Andrew Pritchard
1855
Thunder pump, 1856
1856
Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body
1888-185
NEMA cryptography machine type T-D
1945-50
Calf's Head Weight
1370-1350 BCE; 1931
Plaster replica of black Basalt Cubit Rod 531
1931; 250 BCE
Plaster replica of IBEX weight
1370-1350 BCE; 1931
Varley's lightning protector, 1856
1856
Black stone container or palette
2000-1000
Plaster model of tomb plaque
100 BCE-300 CE; 1890-1920
Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements
1972-3
Plano-convex brick, Ubaid, Iraq, c 2500 BC.
2500 BCE
Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promote general good health
1880-120
Wood tobacco pipe
1860-1820