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Architect's model of S&J Watts' warehouse

1850-1856

Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845

1845

The Great Exhibition Polka 1851

1851

Purse presented to George Hall esq

1853

Cooke's train signalling instrument of 1845, Norfolk Railway

1845

Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849

1849

Bridge plaque - 1855

1855

Single-needle block instrument

1845

Marble statue of George Stephenson, 1852

1852

John Ellis

1858

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848

1848

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

circa 1854

View of the Britannia Tubular Bridge

1850

Caricature showing 'The State Doctor' during a cholera epidemic, Europe, c. 1854

circa 1854

Thames Tunnel opening commemorative medal, 1843

1843

South-East View of Sheffield

1855

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

1849

Model railway turntable

1850

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Dandy cart and horse

1845-1855

Truncheon, ebony, England, 1849

1849

Peel, Williams & Peel steam engine

1846

Stockton & Darlington Railway carriage

1847

Cooke and Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856

1856

Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph, 1858

1858

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.

1850

Single needle telegraph, 1846

1846

Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

1851

Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858

1858-03-02

Henley's magneto electric double needle telegraph, 1848-1852

1848-1852

Keyboard for transmitting telegraphic messages, 1845-1851

1845-1851

Bright's bell telegraph, 1855

1855

Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858

1858

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854

1854

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

1858

Cooke and Wheatstone double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

Sample of the first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

Great Western Railway model of 'Iron Duke', 1851

1851

Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe

1854

Railway bridge section

1850

Model of street-sweeping machine.

1850-1857

Longcase clock, Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works

1857

Silver presentation whistle and chain, London & South Western Railway

1853