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'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

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

1840

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Slamannan Railway commemorative plaque

1840

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

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

circa 1840

Cooke and Wheatstone five-needle telegraph

1837

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Model of Grand Junction Railway locomotive "Wildfire", 1839

1839

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

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

1838

Bishop Auckland & Weardale Railway seal die

1837

Commemorative medal, Grand Junction Railway

1837

Lithograph: 'Tring Cutting. June 17th 1837'

1839

London & Birmingham Railway clock

1837

Specimen of First Telegraph Line, 1837

1837

model passenger locomotive 1837

1837

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

1837

Brass station bell, Manchester & Leeds Railway

1839

Gold watch made for Queen Amelie of France by Henri Motel

circa 1840

Signal Lamp, Stockton & Darlington Railway

1840

Euston Station gates

1838

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

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

1839

Portrait of Ada, Countess of Lovelace

1840

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

1840

Cooke and Wheatstone’s double-needle telegraph, 1838

1838

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

1839-1840

Cooke and Wheatstone's ABC telegraph transmitter

1840

Section of first telegraph cable, 1837

1837

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

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

1705-1737

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Model railway carriage, Manchester & Leeds Railway

1839

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

1870-1877

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Model Manchester & Leeds Railway carriage

1839

Cooke and Wheatstone 5-needle telegraph, 1837

1837

The Dutton Viaduct on the Grand Junction Railway, over the Valley of the Weaver

1837-1840

Anatomical Drawing of a Human Skeleton

1840

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB

1990-95

Albion Printing Press, 1838

1838