Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845
1845
Cooke's train signalling instrument of 1845, Norfolk Railway
1845
Single-needle block instrument
1845
Peel, Williams & Peel steam engine
1846
Novelty model
1955; 1830
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835
1934
Single needle telegraph, 1846
1846
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Cooke and Wheatstone double needle telegraph, 1844
1844
Cooke and Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1844
1844
model steam, crewe type locomotive
1846
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Furness Railway steam locomotive 'Coppernob' 0-4-0, No 3, 1846
1846
Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1st Class carriage 'Traveller'
1930 (replica); 1834 (original)
Sewing machine by Elias Howe
circa 1846
Plaster model of the lunar surface
1844
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Two lancets in a patterned silver case
1844
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Model of the "Planet" Locomotive
1830 (original); 1967 (model)
Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera
1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Copy of the Receiver and Alarm Call of Schilling's Electric Telegraph, 1870-1877
1870-1877
Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, 1934
1934
Seal die, The Southampton & Dorchester Railway Company
1845
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century
1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)
Paper Photograph by Robert Hunt
1844
Medal commemorating H H de Chaufepie
1844
Medal commemorating Jacques Coster
1846
Andre-Marie Ampere
1825; 1910
Jump sector
1844
Peltier Type Electrometer, 1848
1845
Booklet containing nomogram
1845
Roman Coin of Tiberius
30 CE
Roman Coin of Tiberius
30 CE
Red granite drill core
2686-2613 BCE
Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body
1888-185
NEMA cryptography machine type T-D
1945-50
Calf's Head Weight
1370-1350 BCE; 1931
Plaster replica of black Basalt Cubit Rod 531
1931; 250 BCE
Plaster replica of IBEX weight
1370-1350 BCE; 1931
Advertisement by GWR for the exhibition of the Galvanic and Electromagnetic Telegraphs
1845
Black stone container or palette
2000-1000
Plaster model of tomb plaque
100 BCE-300 CE; 1890-1920
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