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Set of sixty miniature heads used in phrenology

1831

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

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

1837

Bishop Auckland & Weardale Railway seal die

1837

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

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

1840

Schwann's microscope (no case)

1835

Specimen of First Telegraph Line, 1837

1837

Slamannan Railway commemorative plaque

1840

Swannington Incline Winding Engine, Leicester & Swannington Railway, 1832

1832

London & Birmingham Railway clock

1837

Slotting machine

1835

Cooke and Wheatstone's four needle telegraph, 1838

1838

Machine used for covering wires with silk and cotton, 1837

1837

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Silver lancet case, empty

1833

Charles Green Aeronaut

1836

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

1838

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Model of Grand Junction Railway locomotive "Wildfire", 1839

1839

model passenger locomotive 1837

1837

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

1834

Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway 2nd Class railway carriage, 1834

1834

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

1834

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Signal Lamp, Stockton & Darlington Railway

1840

Model Manchester & Leeds Railway carriage

1839

Huskisson Memorial

1831

Gold watch made for Queen Amelie of France by Henri Motel

circa 1840

Winding Engine, Stanhope & Tyne Railway

1833

Type used for original Morse telegraph, 1835

1835

Insulators used for Morse's telegraph, 1835

1835

Brass station bell, Manchester & Leeds Railway

1839

Euston Station gates

1838

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

1839

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

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

1705-1737

Cooke and Wheatstone 5-needle telegraph, 1837

1837

Cooke and Wheatstone's A.B.C. telegraph receiver, 1839-1840

1839-1840

Sir W. F. Cooke's original electric alarum, 1835-1840

1835-1840

Cooke and Wheatstone's ABC telegraph transmitter

1840

Section of first telegraph cable, 1837

1837

Silver snuff box, United Kingdom, presented in 1832

1832

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1840

Model railway carriage, Manchester & Leeds Railway

1839

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

1870-1877

Cooke and Wheatstone’s double-needle telegraph, 1838

1838

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)