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Sewing machine by Elias Howe

circa 1846

Builder's whole, rigged model, of SS 'Great Eastern', 1853-1857

1853-1857

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.

1850

Bullion box containing lead shot

1855

Cammann type binaural stethoscope

1845-1855

Oil painting depicting Robert Stephenson

circa 1850s

Palmer's micrometer (replica)

circa 1848

Furness Railway steam locomotive 'Coppernob' 0-4-0, No 3, 1846

1846

Britannia statue

1849

Plaster model of the lunar surface

1844

Anatomical Drawing of a Human Skeleton

1840

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848

1848

Model railway turntable

1850

Dandy cart and horse

1845-1855

Cooke's train signalling instrument of 1845, Norfolk Railway

1845

London & Birmingham Railway pocket watch

1842

seal die - Colne Valley and Halstead Railway

1856

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

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

1840

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Station bell, Manchester & Leeds Railway

1842

Monaural stethoscope

1840-1850

great north of england railway bye laws notice

1842

The Great Exhibition Polka 1851

1851

Purse presented to George Hall esq

1853

Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe

1854

Caricature of an undertaker hoping for cholera, Europe, c. 1854

circa 1854

View of the Britannia Tubular Bridge

1850

Caricature showing 'The State Doctor' during a cholera epidemic, Europe, c. 1854

circa 1854

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

circa 1840

Engraving: Watt's first experiment of steam. By James Scott after R.W. Buss

1849

Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845

1845

Slamannan Railway commemorative plaque

1840

Single-needle block instrument

1845

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Railway bridge section

1850

Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849

1849

Silver presentation whistle and chain, London & South Western Railway

1853

Marble statue of George Stephenson, 1852

1852

Thames Tunnel opening commemorative medal, 1843

1843

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Truncheon, ebony, England, 1849

1849

Peel, Williams & Peel steam engine

1846

Stockton & Darlington Railway carriage

1847

Double beam engine model

1840-1851

Bright's bell telegraph, 1855

1855

Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856

1856

Henley's magneto electric double needle telegraph, 1848-1852

1848-1852