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Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Bridge plaque - 1855

1855

South-East View of Sheffield

1855

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856

1856

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Bright's bell telegraph, 1855

1855

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Micrometer type mechanical comparator

1855

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1st Class carriage 'Traveller'

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

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

1855

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement

1705-1737

Royal footwarmer, Great Western Railway

1856

Bullion box containing lead shot

1855

Bronze bust of William Stuart

1855

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

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

1934

'Thunder pump' magneto-electric device, 1856

1856

Copy of the Receiver and Alarm Call of Schilling's Electric Telegraph, 1870-1877

1870-1877

Mosquee du Sultan Mahmoud a Tophanna

circa 1855

Camp du 97th Regiment Anglais

1855

Vue Generale d'Athenes avec l'acropolis

circa 1855

Portable chemical balance

circa 1855

Set of 24 Early Photographs of Incidents in the Crimean War

1855-1856

Revised Classification of Merchandise Traffic and Revised Schedule of Maximum Rates and Charges Applicable thereto, proposed to be charged by the Eastern and Midlands Railway Company

1889-02

long-beam chemical balance

circa 1855

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

Small stone scarab pierced longitudinally with flat base engraved with design of standing harpist and seated figure

2000-1000

Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promote general good health

1880-120

Catheter, female, silver, made in London, 1856

1856

verification hole punch

1855

Haighton obstetrical forceps

1870-1850

Clay tobacco pipe

1860-1715

Obstetrical forceps, Norway, 1801-1900

1872-3

Oesophageal forceps Durham's

1871-1830

Mummified bird, Egypt, 2000-100 BCE

2000-100 BCE

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

2000-1001 BCE

Skull elevator for cranial surgery by Stodart of London

1878-1839

Brass saccharometer by R.B. Bate

1915-1825

Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB

1990-95

Uterine probe

1901-950

Passport issued to A.W. Blomfield in 1855

1855