London & South Western Railway Shark 2-4-0

circa 1868

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Wheatstone receiver (Morse inker), 1867

1867

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Sample of submarine telegraph cable, 1866

1866

Silver model of the Eleanor Cross at Charing Cross Station

1867-1868

One of four original Swan and Raven models

1867

One of four original Swan and Raven models used by Froude

1867

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

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

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

1934

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

Domestic Sewing Machine for chain stitich

1868

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Sectional Model of a Beam Engine, 1866.

1866

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

Oesophageal forceps Durham's

1871-1830

Sample of steel, manufactured by R. Mushet, 1866

1866

Double-ended regulator type burner (after Bronner)

1867

Bronze medal

1867

Bronze medal

1867

Circular bronze medal

1868

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

1883-01

Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements

1972-3

NER instructions to engine drivers

1867

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

Engraved Copper Plate for Map Printing, 1866

1866

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

1990-95

Laying the line

1866

Chairing Canning at Heart's Content

1866

Transmitting

1866

The Foul Flake, night of July 17

1866

May - Study No 167

1870-10

Portrait of an Unknown Woman

circa 1868

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Bust on wooden base of Andrew Ross

1859; 1986

Lord Kelvin’s syphon recorder ink bottle electrification instrument

1868

Steel worked into the form of a tyre in section

1868

Portrait of John Fowler

1868

Impure metallic cobalt

1867

Crystallised blast-furnace slag from Elswick Iron Works, 1868

1868