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East Indiaman Herefordshire

1815

Phrenological (Spreading) Calipers

1820-1850

Porcelain Phrenological Head, British, 1801-1900

1801-1900

National Telephone Company directory, 1898-1899

1898-1899

Syntonic Leyden jars, 1880-1889

1880-1889

Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856

1856

Wheatstone receiver (Morse inker), 1867

1867

Vulcanite telephone wire insulators, 1850-1870

1850-1870

Henley needle galvanometer, 1855-1860

1855-1860

Morse tape on which signals were recorded by means of a coherer, 1900

1900

Coherer, ebonite, with adjustable contacts, 1890-1896

1890-1896

Morse key, 1850-1870.

1850-1870

Double-current telegraph key, 1830-1900

1830-1900

A.B.C. telegraph transmitter, 1835-1845

1835-1845

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Portrait bust of Princess Victoria

1829

Lancets in ornate silver case

1801-1900

Phrenological head of William Dodd

1810-1830

Model of street-sweeping machine.

1850-1857

Wine glass possibly used as a culture glass by Joseph Lister

1860-1877

Wine glass possibly used as a culture glass by Joseph Lister

1860-1877

Pewter box for transporting leeches

1801-1900

Wine glass possibly used as a culture glass by Joseph Lister

1860-1877

South-East View of Sheffield

1855

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

1889

horological rubber

1850-1900

Stock Exchange automatic telegraph, 1872-1880

1872-1880

Mineral water bottle

1801-1900

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

1860

Cast steel pressure cooker by A. Kendrick & Sons, 1885-1895.

1885-1895

Basin from a pan closet

1860-1870

Great Western Railway locomotive headlamp

1897

Bench vice belonging to George Stephenson

1829

Royal footwarmer, Great Western Railway

1856

Seal die, The Southampton & Dorchester Railway Company

1845

Ottawa & Gatineau Valley Railway commemorative salver

1893

Presentation scissors, SS Vienna

1894

Boundary marker from Stockton & Darlington Railway

circa 1821-1825

Nameplate, London & North Western Railway - "John Ramsbottom"

1872

Bullion box containing lead shot

1855

Wooden gable, Brandling Junction Railway

1842

Bridge link

1852

Tobacco tin - George Pearson, Darlington Conductor on the Great North of England Railway Coaches, April 13 1841

1841

Portrait Bust of Thomas Russell Crampton

1865

Child's ceramic alphabet bowl, North Staffordshire Railway

1860

Brass worksplate no 1517, Manning Wardle & Co

1900

Tailboard, North Eastern Railway

1880

Tiled mural, North Staffordshire Railway

1897

Great Western Railway locomotive headlamp

1897

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

1860