Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia
1847-1848
Furness Railway steam locomotive 'Coppernob' 0-4-0, No 3, 1846
1846
Mousetrap Camera
1834-1836
Britannia statue
1849
Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera
1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Palmer's micrometer (replica)
circa 1848
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848
1848
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century
1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Watch made for the 1851 Great Exhibition by Alexander Watkins
1851
Oil painting depicting Robert Stephenson
circa 1850s
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Model steam, crewe type locomotive
1846
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845
1845
Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849
1849
Novelty model
1955; 1830
Sample of 1851 Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851
1851
Four-Wheeled Hand Crane
1850
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Lucien Sharpe sheet metal gauge
circa 1850
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
Model railway turntable
1850
Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851
1851
Single-needle block instrument
1845
Two lancets in a patterned silver case
1844
Grave marker, grave '221'
1860-1920
Replica Grand Junction Railway travelling post office
1938; (1838)
Cooke's train signalling instrument of 1845, Norfolk Railway
1845
Railway bridge section
1850
Great Western Railway model of 'Iron Duke', 1851
1851
The Great Exhibition Polka 1851
1851
Section of early underground telegraph cable, 1846
1846
Sample of submarine cable laid between Dover and Calais, 1850
1850
Truncheon, ebony, England, 1849
1849
Thames Tunnel opening commemorative medal, 1843
1843
View of the Britannia Tubular Bridge
1850
Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835
1934
Cooke and Wheatstone double needle telegraph, 1844
1844
Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.
1850
Cooke and Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1844
1844
Single needle telegraph, 1846
1846
Keyboard for transmitting telegraphic messages, 1845-1851
1845-1851
Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1st Class carriage 'Traveller'
1930 (replica); 1834 (original)
Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 2nd class open-topped railway carriage, 1930 (replica)
1930 (replica); 1834 (original)
Portion of the first submarine cable between Dover and Calais, 1850
1850
Lead weight marked 'Reid' from the first cross-Channel telegraph cable, 1850.
1850