Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845
1845
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848
1848
Novelty model
1955; 1830
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
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Single needle telegraph, 1846
1846
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835
1934
Cooke and Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1844
1844
Cooke and Wheatstone double needle telegraph, 1844
1844
Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia
1847-1848
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera
1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)
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)
Palmer's micrometer (replica)
circa 1848
Sewing machine by Elias Howe
circa 1846
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Plaster model of the lunar surface
1844
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Two lancets in a patterned silver case
1844
model steam, crewe type locomotive
1846
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Seal die, The Southampton & Dorchester Railway Company
1845
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Model of the "Planet" Locomotive
1830 (original); 1967 (model)
'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century
1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)
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
Plano-convex brick, Ubaid, Iraq, c 2500 BC.
2500 BCE
Advertisement placard for the exhibition of Cooke and Wheatstone's telegraph, c. 1845
1845
Replica of Islamic Astrolabe
1066; 1876
‘Morning Prayers’ printed in Frere tactile system for the blind, 1848
1848
‘Hymns Part One’ printed in Frere tactile system for the blind, 1848
1848
‘The Two Shoemakers’ printed in Frere tactile system for the blind, 1848
1848
‘Psalms of David’ printed in Frere tactile system for the blind, 1848
1848
‘The Old Testament, The Second Book of the Kings’ printed in Frere tactile system for the blind, 1848
1848
‘The Old Testament, The Second Book of Moses Called Exodus’ printed in Frere tactile system for the blind, 1848
1848
‘The Old Testament, The Fifth Book of Moses Called Deuteronomy’ printed in Frere tactile system for the blind, 1848
1848
‘The New Testament, The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Romans’ printed in Frere tactile system for the blind, 1848
1848
‘The Old Testament, The Proverbs’ printed in Frere tactile system for the blind, 1848
1848
‘The Old Testament, Book of Joshua’ printed in Frere tactile system for the blind, 1848
1848
Short Length of Losh's Parallel Rail of 1848
1848
Anthony Trolloppe (sic)
1864-10
Lorina, Edith and Alice Liddel
1872-08
Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica
circa 3000 BCE