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Difference Engine No. 1

Difference Engine No. 1

circa 1832

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

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

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

1846

Mousetrap Camera

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

Rocket locomotive

Rocket locomotive

1829

Plaster model of the lunar surface

Plaster model of the lunar surface

1844

Queen Adelaide's Saloon, No. 2

Queen Adelaide's Saloon, No. 2

1842

Sans Pareil

Sans Pareil

1829

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Shutt End Colliery Railway steam locomotive 'Agenoria'

Shutt End Colliery Railway steam locomotive 'Agenoria'

1829

Manchester and Birmingham Railway Carriage

Manchester and Birmingham Railway Carriage

1840

Palmer's micrometer (replica)

Palmer's micrometer (replica)

circa 1848

Huskisson Memorial

Huskisson Memorial

1831

Grasshopper Engine

Grasshopper Engine

1840

Set of sixty miniature heads used in phrenology

Set of sixty miniature heads used in phrenology

1831

Sundial from Liverpool Road Station

Sundial from Liverpool Road Station

1833

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Euston Station gates

Euston Station gates

1838

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Cooke and Wheatstone's four needle telegraph, 1838

Cooke and Wheatstone's four needle telegraph, 1838

1838

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

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

1705-1737

Cooke and Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1844

Cooke and Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

Cooke and Wheatstone’s double-needle telegraph, 1838

Cooke and Wheatstone’s double-needle telegraph, 1838

1838

Slotting machine

Slotting machine

1835

Haydock Colliery Steam Engine

Haydock Colliery Steam Engine

1830

Oersted Compass Needle, 1828

Oersted Compass Needle, 1828

1828

Machine used for covering wires with silk and cotton, 1837

Machine used for covering wires with silk and cotton, 1837

1837

Hand loom

Hand loom

1825-1835

Bridge used to span the River Gaunless at West Auckland

Bridge used to span the River Gaunless at West Auckland

1823-1825

Single needle telegraph, 1846

Single needle telegraph, 1846

1846

Mail guard watch by George Littlewort

Mail guard watch by George Littlewort

1825

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Neolithic flint scraper

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Thames Tunnel opening commemorative medal, 1843

Thames Tunnel opening commemorative medal, 1843

1843

Whole Plate Folding Daguerreotype Camera

Whole Plate Folding Daguerreotype Camera

circa 1840

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

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

1934

Chinese celestial clockwork globe

Chinese celestial clockwork globe

1830

Gold watch made for Queen Amelie of France by Henri Motel

Gold watch made for Queen Amelie of France by Henri Motel

circa 1840

Charles Green Aeronaut

Charles Green Aeronaut

1836

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Cooke and Wheatstone double needle telegraph, 1844

Cooke and Wheatstone double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

Phrenological head of Francis Gall

Phrenological head of Francis Gall

1823

Marine chronometer by E. Barthet, found on an abandoned ship

Marine chronometer by E. Barthet, found on an abandoned ship

1840

Euston Station Clock

Euston Station Clock

c.1837

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

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

1870-1877

Daguerreotype of a woman by Antoine Claudet

Daguerreotype of a woman by Antoine Claudet

1840s

Five-needle train signalling instrument used on the London and Blackwall Railway

Five-needle train signalling instrument used on the London and Blackwall Railway

1840