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One of the First Rechargeable Batteries, about 1860

1860

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Ramsbottom speed indicator

1860

Novelty model

1955; 1830

James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

Dagron microphotographic camera

circa 1860

England and her Soldiers

1859

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, English civil engineer, mid-19th century.

1860

Child's ceramic alphabet bowl, North Staffordshire Railway

1860

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Paddlewheel used by James Joule

c1860

Enfield Carbine Rifle

circa 1860

Sample of Bessemer Steel

1860

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

1705-1737

Letter to The Atlantic Telegraph Company, 1859

1859

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

1934

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

1870-1877

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1860

Map of England and Wales jigsaw puzzle

circa 1860

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

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

after 1859

Larmuth Loom

circa 1860

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Letter from Queen Victoria mentioning chloroform use in childbirth

1859

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Christian Augustus Siebe

1859

Four microphotographs by JB Dancer

1860; 1860

Reproduction of Joseph Priestley's oxygen apparatus

1774; 1923

Mahogany wet-plate camera with 4 double dark slide film holders & focussing screen

circa 1860

J.B. Dancer Microphotographs

1860

Four and a half inch refracting telescope made by J.B Dancer

circa 1860

Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Gold amulet in the form of Duamutef, Egypt, 2000-100 BCE

2000-100 BCE

Two Wedgwood blue jasper medallions with raised decoration in white

1860

Thomas Graham

1860

Walker's Railway Time Table, and Coach, Omnibus and Carriers' List

1883-01

Joseph Burch

1860

Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill

1730; 1967

Lorina, Edith and Alice Liddel

1872-08

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

Steam Trap Used By James Joule

1860