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Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

Sewing machine by Elias Howe

circa 1846

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848

1848

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Furness Railway steam locomotive 'Coppernob' 0-4-0, No 3, 1846

1846

Britannia statue

1849

Palmer's micrometer (replica)

circa 1848

Plaster model of the lunar surface

1844

Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845

1845

Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849

1849

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

1849

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Truncheon, ebony, England, 1849

1849

Peel, Williams & Peel steam engine

1846

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Stockton & Darlington Railway carriage

1847

Cooke's train signalling instrument of 1845, Norfolk Railway

1845

Single-needle block instrument

1845

Single needle telegraph, 1846

1846

Cooke and Wheatstone double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Cooke and Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

Silver kettle presented to Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy (1780 – 1854)

1849

model steam, crewe type locomotive

1846

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Nimbus, or rain cloud

1849

Cumulostratus forming; fine weather Cirri above

1849

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1st Class carriage 'Traveller'

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement

1705-1737

seal die - Colchester, Stour valley, Sudbury and Halstead Railway

1846

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

Two lancets in a patterned silver case

1844

Seal die, The Southampton & Dorchester Railway Company

1845

Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Grand Junction Railway locomotive 'Columbine'

1845

Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB

1990-95

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Model of submersible 'Turtle'

1976; 1776

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Glass display case containing various cosmetic devices from the 1700s, England, 1880-1930

1701-1800

Copy of Lodestone believed to have been used by Queen Anne

1929 (copy); 1702-1714 (original)