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Builder's whole, rigged model, of SS 'Great Eastern', 1853-1857

1853-1857

Thompson's Revolver Camera

1862

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

Sewing machine by Elias Howe

circa 1846

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Cammann type binaural stethoscope

1845-1855

Furness Railway steam locomotive 'Coppernob' 0-4-0, No 3, 1846

1846

Zoetrope strip: Badgered Cat

1860s

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

The Great Exhibition Polka 1851

1851

Cast iron plaque from Queenstown Road Bridge, Battersea, London, 1865

1865

Dandy cart and horse

1845-1855

Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph, 1858

1858

One of the First Rechargeable Batteries, about 1860

1860

Portrait of Isaac Newton

1862-1863

Bullion box containing lead shot

1855

'The British Nave' at the Great Exhibition of 1851

1851

Nimbus, or rain cloud

1849

Model paddle wheel engines of the SS 'Great Eastern'

1853-1857

Cloth tape measure

1850-1860

Skaife's Pistolgraph Camera

1858

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Britannia statue

1849

Palmer's micrometer (replica)

circa 1848

Plaster model of the lunar surface

1844

Nasmyth's Steam Hammer

1845-1855

Cystoseira granulata

1843-1853

Durn Mill Steam Engine

1864

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Booklet of 'Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions' by Anna Atkins

1843-1853

Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845

1845

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 a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Lithograph, Chronological pictures of English History

1850-1859

Purse presented to George Hall esq

1853

Bridge plaque - 1855

1855

Down Pipe from Maldon Witham & Braintree Railway

1846-1859

Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe

1854

Silver presentation whistle and chain, London & South Western Railway

1853

Railway bridge section

1850

Marble statue of George Stephenson, 1852

1852

Caricature of an undertaker hoping for cholera, Europe, c. 1854

circa 1854

View of the Britannia Tubular Bridge

1850

Caricature showing 'The State Doctor' during a cholera epidemic, Europe, c. 1854

circa 1854

Engraving of Theory of pulleys (Theorie elementaire des Poulies)

1850-1860

Thames Tunnel opening commemorative medal, 1843

1843

South-East View of Sheffield

1855

Glass pharmacy storage bottle

1864