Sewing machine by Elias Howe
circa 1846
Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera
1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)
Plaster model of the lunar surface
1844
'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century
1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)
Furness Railway steam locomotive 'Coppernob' 0-4-0, No 3, 1846
1846
Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845
1845
Decorated keystone from South Stockton arch, Thornaby station
1842
Peel, Williams & Peel steam engine
1846
Stockton & Darlington Railway carriage
1847
Cooke's train signalling instrument of 1845, Norfolk Railway
1845
Single-needle block instrument
1845
London & Birmingham Railway pocket watch
1842
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
great north of england railway bye laws notice
1842
Thames Tunnel opening commemorative medal, 1843
1843
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
Novelty model
1955; 1830
Station bell, Manchester & Leeds Railway
1842
Wooden gable, Brandling Junction Railway
1842
model steam, crewe type locomotive
1846
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Model of the "Planet" Locomotive
1830 (original); 1967 (model)
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
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
seal die - Colchester, Stour valley, Sudbury and Halstead Railway
1846
Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, 1934
1934
Copy of the Receiver and Alarm Call of Schilling's Electric Telegraph, 1870-1877
1870-1877
Whitworth Planing Machine
circa 1842
Two lancets in a patterned silver case
1844
Seal die, The Southampton & Dorchester Railway Company
1845
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Wheatstone ABC telegraph receiver, 1942
1842
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Grand Junction Railway locomotive 'Columbine'
1845
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Model of submersible 'Turtle'
1976; 1776
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Mousetrap Camera
1834-1836
Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915
300 BCE; 1905-1915
Glass display case containing various cosmetic devices from the 1700s, England, 1880-1930
1701-1800
Copy of Lodestone believed to have been used by Queen Anne
1929 (copy); 1702-1714 (original)
Paper Photograph by Robert Hunt
1844