Specimen of First Telegraph Line, 1837
1837
London & Birmingham Railway Guard's Clock, 1837-1839
1838
Slotting machine
1835
Schwann's microscope (no case)
1835
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Seal die, Great North of England, Clarence & Hartlepool Junction Railway
1837
Bishop Auckland & Weardale Railway seal die
1837
London & Birmingham Railway clock
1837
Lithograph: 'Tring Cutting. June 17th 1837'
1839
model passenger locomotive 1837
1837
Model of Grand Junction Railway locomotive "Wildfire", 1839
1839
Novelty model
1955; 1830
Charles Green Aeronaut
1836
Cooke and Wheatstone five-needle telegraph
1837
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835
1934
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
Machine used for covering wires with silk and cotton, 1837
1837
Cooke and Wheatstone's four needle telegraph, 1838
1838
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera
1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)
Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1st Class carriage 'Traveller'
1930 (replica); 1834 (original)
Model of the "Planet" Locomotive
1830 (original); 1967 (model)
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Brass station bell, Manchester & Leeds Railway
1839
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Prototype of the Brougham carriage
1838
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Euston Station gates
1838
Section of laminated timber bridge from Newcastle & North shields Railway, 1839
1839
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Model railway carriage, Manchester & Leeds Railway
1839
Model Manchester & Leeds Railway carriage
1839
Cooke and Wheatstone’s double-needle telegraph, 1838
1838
Cooke and Wheatstone 5-needle telegraph, 1837
1837
Section of first telegraph cable, 1837
1837
Copy of the Receiver and Alarm Call of Schilling's Electric Telegraph, 1870-1877
1870-1877
Type used for original Morse telegraph, 1835
1835
Insulators used for Morse's telegraph, 1835
1835
A Guide to the Eastern Counties' Railway
1839
Revised Classification of Merchandise Traffic and Revised Schedule of Maximum Rates and Charges Applicable thereto, proposed to be charged by the Eastern and Midlands Railway Company
1889-02
Syringe, silver, made in Birmingham in 1836
1836
Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements
1972-3
Plano-convex brick, Ubaid, Iraq, c 2500 BC.
2500 BCE
Small stone scarab pierced longitudinally with flat base engraved with design of standing harpist and seated figure
2000-1000
Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promote general good health
1880-120
2 lancets
1838
Three lancets
1835
Silver lancet case, empty
1835
Silver lancet case, empty
1838