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Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Wax portrait of Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy (1780 – 1854)

1851

Wax portrait of George Atkins (1766 – 1855) by Richard Cockle Lucas

1852

Silver kettle presented to Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy (1780 – 1854)

1849

Silver lancet case, empty

1833

Charles Green Aeronaut

1836

Bridge plaque - 1855

1855

Decorated keystone from South Stockton arch, Thornaby station

1842

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

1838

Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854

1854

Architect's model of S&J Watts' warehouse

1850-1856

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Great Western Railway model of 'Iron Duke', 1851

1851

Purse presented to George Hall esq

1853

Station bell, Manchester & Leeds Railway

1842

Longcase clock, Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works

1857

Eclipse

1841

Model of street-sweeping machine.

1850-1857

Model of Grand Junction Railway locomotive "Wildfire", 1839

1839

Model Passenger Locomotive, 1840-1845

1840-1845

model passenger locomotive 1837

1837

Keyboard for transmitting telegraphic messages, 1845-1851

1845-1851

Single needle telegraph, 1846

1846

Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858

1858-03-02

Sample of the first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

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

Bridge link

1852

Railway uniform button, East Lancashire Railway

1845-1859

Signal Lamp, Stockton & Darlington Railway

1840

Telegraph block instrument; South Eastern Railway; Walker's patent No. 245

1855

Cammann type binaural stethoscope

1845-1855

Oil painting depicting Robert Stephenson

circa 1850s

Model Manchester & Leeds Railway carriage

1839

model steam, crewe type locomotive

1846

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

1934

Lucien Sharpe sheet metal gauge

circa 1850

Palmer's micrometer (replica)

circa 1848

seal die - Colchester, Stour valley, Sudbury and Halstead Railway

1846

William Thomson's marine mirror galvanometer, 1850-1900

1854

Gold watch made for Queen Amelie of France by Henri Motel

circa 1840

Winding Engine, Stanhope & Tyne Railway

1833

Locomotive Memoranda, Engines

1856

Seal die, The Southampton & Dorchester Railway Company

1845

Type used for original Morse telegraph, 1835

1835