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Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Set of sixty miniature heads used in phrenology

1831

Huskisson Memorial

1831

Rocket locomotive

1829

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

Difference Engine No. 1

circa 1832

Swannington Incline Winding Engine, Leicester & Swannington Railway, 1832

1832

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

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

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Schwann's microscope (no case)

1835

Specimen of First Telegraph Line, 1837

1837

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Slamannan Railway commemorative plaque

1840

Wooden stool with four legs and octagonal seat

1830-1840

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

1834

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

1834

Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway 2nd Class railway carriage, 1834

1834

Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

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

1837

Bishop Auckland & Weardale Railway seal die

1837

Copy of Thimonnier's chain-stitch sewing machine, 1830

1830

Slotting machine

1835

Cooke and Wheatstone's four needle telegraph, 1838

1838

Machine used for covering wires with silk and cotton, 1837

1837

Silver lancet case, empty

1833

Charles Green Aeronaut

1836

Model of Grand Junction Railway locomotive "Wildfire", 1839

1839

model passenger locomotive 1837

1837

Shutt End Colliery Railway steam locomotive 'Agenoria'

1829

London & Birmingham Railway clock

1837

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Portrait bust of Princess Victoria

1829

London & Birmingham Railway Guard's Clock, 1837-1839

1838

Euston Station gates

1838

Brass station bell, Manchester & Leeds Railway

1839

Section of laminated timber bridge from Newcastle & North shields Railway, 1839

1839

Winding Engine, Stanhope & Tyne Railway

1833

Type used for original Morse telegraph, 1835

1835

Gold watch made for Queen Amelie of France by Henri Motel

circa 1840

Chinese celestial clockwork globe

1830

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Signal Lamp, Stockton & Darlington Railway

1840

Bench vice belonging to George Stephenson

1829

Model Manchester & Leeds Railway carriage

1839

Insulators used for Morse's telegraph, 1835

1835

Jug showing the entrance to the Liverpool & Manchester Railway

1830

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)