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Whitworth Planing Machine

circa 1842

Sewing machine by Elias Howe

circa 1846

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

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

1846

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Palmer's micrometer (replica)

circa 1848

Nimbus, or rain cloud

1849

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Britannia statue

1849

Plaster model of the lunar surface

1844

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Anatomical Drawing of a Human Skeleton

1840

Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845

1845

Slamannan Railway commemorative plaque

1840

Decorated keystone from South Stockton arch, Thornaby station

1842

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

Eclipse

1841

Station bell, Manchester & Leeds Railway

1842

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848

1848

great north of england railway bye laws notice

1842

Cooke's train signalling instrument of 1845, Norfolk Railway

1845

Single-needle block instrument

1845

London & Birmingham Railway pocket watch

1842

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

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

1840

Thames Tunnel opening commemorative medal, 1843

1843

Model Passenger Locomotive, 1840-1845

1840-1845

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Truncheon, ebony, England, 1849

1849

Peel, Williams & Peel steam engine

1846

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849

1849

Model of "Firefly" class locomotive, about 1840

1840

Wheatstone printing telegraph, 1841

1841

Single needle telegraph, 1846

1846

Cooke and Wheatstone double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

Cooke and Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

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

1849

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Stockton & Darlington Railway carriage

1847

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Signal Lamp, Stockton & Darlington Railway

1840

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Seal die, The Southampton & Dorchester Railway Company

1845