Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845
1845
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835
1934
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Novelty model
1955; 1830
Cooke and Wheatstone double needle telegraph, 1844
1844
Cooke and Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1844
1844
Thames Tunnel opening commemorative medal, 1843
1843
Cooke's train signalling instrument of 1845, Norfolk Railway
1845
Single-needle block instrument
1845
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century
1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Plaster model of the lunar surface
1844
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Copy of the Receiver and Alarm Call of Schilling's Electric Telegraph, 1870-1877
1870-1877
Two lancets in a patterned silver case
1844
Seal die, The Southampton & Dorchester Railway Company
1845
Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1st Class carriage 'Traveller'
1930 (replica); 1834 (original)
Model of the "Planet" Locomotive
1830 (original); 1967 (model)
Silhouette of boy
1844-02-10
All-Metal Camera Designed by Alexis Gaudin
circa 1845
Paper Photograph by Robert Hunt
1844
John Ericsson
1845
Notebook P
1844-1845
Notebook Q
1844-1845
May - Study No 167
1870-10
Walker's Railway Time Table, and Coach, Omnibus and Carriers' List
1883-01
Grand Junction Railway locomotive 'Columbine'
1845
The New Great Western Timetable
1844
Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill
1730; 1967
Bradshaw's Railway Companion timetable
1843
Lorina, Edith and Alice Liddel
1872-08
Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements
1972-3
Plano-convex brick, Ubaid, Iraq, c 2500 BC.
2500 BCE
Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promote general good health
1880-120
Wood tobacco pipe
1860-1820
Oesophageal forceps Durham's
1871-1830
Brass saccharometer by R.B. Bate
1915-1825
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Uterine probe
1901-950
Electro-motor invented by P.H. Desvignes in 1843. Size of base 12" by 9 3/4"
1843
Lever watch in pair case with crank roller
1800-1830
Lever watch in case
1800-1830
Model of Henry Cavendish's Torsion Balance Gravitational Apparatus, 1798
1798 (original); 1977 (model)
Replica of Islamic Astrolabe
1066; 1876
Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body
1888-185