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Sewing machine by Elias Howe

circa 1846

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.

1850

Oil painting depicting Robert Stephenson

circa 1850s

Palmer's micrometer (replica)

circa 1848

Britannia statue

1849

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

1846

Plaster model of the lunar surface

1844

Anatomical Drawing of a Human Skeleton

1840

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848

1848

Model railway turntable

1850

Cooke's train signalling instrument of 1845, Norfolk Railway

1845

London & Birmingham Railway pocket watch

1842

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

1840

Station bell, Manchester & Leeds Railway

1842

great north of england railway bye laws notice

1842

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

1849

Slamannan Railway commemorative plaque

1840

Single-needle block instrument

1845

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Railway bridge section

1850

Single needle telegraph, 1846

1846

Cooke and Wheatstone double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Cooke and Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

Decorated keystone from South Stockton arch, Thornaby station

1842

Eclipse

1841

Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849

1849

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Peel, Williams & Peel steam engine

1846

Stockton & Darlington Railway carriage

1847

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

1849

Wheatstone printing telegraph, 1841

1841

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Model Passenger Locomotive, 1840-1845

1840-1845

Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845

1845

View of the Britannia Tubular Bridge

1850

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

circa 1840

Thames Tunnel opening commemorative medal, 1843

1843

Truncheon, ebony, England, 1849

1849

Monaural stethoscope

1840-1850

Wooden gable, Brandling Junction Railway

1842

Tobacco tin - George Pearson, Darlington Conductor on the Great North of England Railway Coaches, April 13 1841

1841

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Gold watch made for Queen Amelie of France by Henri Motel

circa 1840

Signal Lamp, Stockton & Darlington Railway

1840