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Difference Engine No. 1

circa 1832

Sewing machine by Elias Howe

circa 1846

Schwann's microscope (no case)

1835

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

Prototype of the Brougham carriage

1838

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

1846

Hand loom

1825-1835

Chinese celestial clockwork globe

1830

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Palmer's micrometer (replica)

circa 1848

Rocket locomotive

1829

Anatomical Drawing of a Human Skeleton

1840

Seal die, Great North of England, Clarence & Hartlepool Junction Railway

1837

Bishop Auckland & Weardale Railway seal die

1837

Shoulder papier-mache doll accompanying English wooden doll.Circa 1840

circa 1840

Engraving: Watt's first experiment of steam. By James Scott after R.W. Buss

1849

great north of england railway bye laws notice

1842

Cooke's train signalling instrument of 1845, Norfolk Railway

1845

London & Birmingham Railway pocket watch

1842

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Deck watch by Breguet et Fils

1830

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

1840

model locomotion no 1

1825

Specimen of First Telegraph Line, 1837

1837

Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845

1845

Slamannan Railway commemorative plaque

1840

model steam locomotive

1826

Single-needle block instrument

1845

Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway, composite 1st & 2nd class railway carriage

1834

Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway 2nd Class railway carriage, 1834

1834

Slotting machine

1835

Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849

1849

Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway 3rd Class open railway carriage, 1834

1834

Swannington Incline Winding Engine, Leicester & Swannington Railway, 1832

1832

Station bell, Manchester & Leeds Railway

1842

Peel, Williams & Peel steam engine

1846

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848

1848

Cooke and Wheatstone five-needle telegraph

1837

Diploma awarding honorary membership of the London Vaccine Institution, London, England, 1826

1826

Entrance into Manchester across Water Street

1831

Wheatstone printing telegraph, 1841

1841

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Cooke and Wheatstone's four needle telegraph, 1838

1838

Single needle telegraph, 1846

1846

Cooke and Wheatstone double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

Cooke and Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

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