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'Over London-by Rail', Engraving, London, England, 1872

1872

Rover 'Safety' Bicycle, 1885

1885

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

Babbage's Analytical Engine, 1834-1871. (Trial model)

1871

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

1872

Lord Kelvin's 'ironclad' marine galvanometer, 1865-1866

1865-1866

Great Northern Railway 4-2-2 locomotive Stirling Single

1870

Thompson's Revolver Camera

1862

Swan electric lamp

1878-1879

Aveling and Porter steam traction engine

circa 1871

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

1858

Edison telephone, 1879

1879

Windsor mantle clock

1845-1855

Sewing machine by Elias Howe

circa 1846

Cammann type binaural stethoscope

1845-1855

Steam locomotive, 'Bauxite'

1874

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

1853-1857

Sectional Model of a Beam Engine, 1866.

1866

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Magic lantern slide depicting Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Alice and The Queen of Hearts

1870s

James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

The Great Exhibition Polka 1851

1851

Engraving: Watt's first experiment. Marcus Stone ARA pinxt; Herbert Bourne sculpt; published by Appleton & Co

1879

Lithograph, Chronological pictures of English History

1850-1859

Bridge plaque - 1855

1855

Down Pipe from Maldon Witham & Braintree Railway

1846-1859

Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe

1854

Brass worksplate no 517, Manning Wardle & Co

1875

Decorated keystone from South Stockton arch, Thornaby station

1842

Brass worksplate no 917, Manning Wardle & Co

1884

Railway bridge section

1850

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

circa 1854

Ramsbottom speed indicator

1860

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

1849

Catgut suture

1875

Station bell, Manchester & Leeds Railway

1842

Writing frame for the blind, Stockholm, Sweden, 1871

1871

Early binaural stethoscope

1861-1866

Model of Grew's locomotive for ice

circa 1861

London & North Western Railway steam locomotive 'Pet' 0-4-0ST

1865

Cooke's train signalling instrument of 1845, Norfolk Railway

1845

Single-needle block instrument

1845

Remington 44 Revolver

1863-1865

Model railway turntable

1850

Robert Dudgeon’s sphygmograph

1876

London & Birmingham Railway pocket watch

1842

seal die - Colne Valley and Halstead Railway

1856

Wivenhoe & Brightlingsea Railway

1861

seal die - Bishop Stortford, Dunmow and Braintree railway

1861

Silver presentation whistle and chain, London & South Western Railway

1853