Palmer's micrometer (replica)
circa 1848
The Great Exhibition Polka 1851
1851
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848
1848
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Watch made for the 1851 Great Exhibition by Alexander Watkins
1851
Caricature showing 'The State Doctor' during a cholera epidemic, Europe, c. 1854
circa 1854
William Thomson's marine mirror galvanometer, 1850-1900
1854
Novelty model
1955; 1830
Caricature showing a publican's dilemma during a cholera epidemic, Europe, c. 1854
circa 1854
Sample of 1851 Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851
1851
Four-Wheeled Hand Crane
1850
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
Model railway turntable
1850
Caricature of an undertaker hoping for cholera, Europe, c. 1854
circa 1854
View of the Britannia Tubular Bridge
1850
Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851
1851
Single-needle block instrument
1845
Grave marker, grave '221'
1860-1920
Peel, Williams & Peel steam engine
1846
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Cooke's train signalling instrument of 1845, Norfolk Railway
1845
Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849
1849
Section of early underground telegraph cable, 1846
1846
Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854
1854
Replica Grand Junction Railway travelling post office
1938; (1838)
Marble statue of George Stephenson, 1852
1852
Purse presented to George Hall esq
1853
Pocket watch belonging to Joseph Lister
1853
Compound monocular microscope owned by Edwin Lankester
1852
Microscope Slide, 1852
1852
Mousetrap Camera
1834-1836
Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845
1845
Truncheon, ebony, England, 1849
1849
Wax portrait of George Atkins (1766 – 1855) by Richard Cockle Lucas
1852
Sample of submarine cable laid between Dover and Calais, 1850
1850
Railway bridge section
1850
Great Western Railway model of 'Iron Duke', 1851
1851
Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835
1934
Cooke and Wheatstone double needle telegraph, 1844
1844
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.
1850
Keyboard for transmitting telegraphic messages, 1845-1851
1845-1851
Henley's magneto electric double needle telegraph, 1848-1852
1848-1852
Gold chain for Lister's pocket watch
1853
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Single needle telegraph, 1846
1846
Cooke and Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1844
1844
Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1st Class carriage 'Traveller'
1930 (replica); 1834 (original)
Furness Railway steam locomotive 'Coppernob' 0-4-0, No 3, 1846
1846
Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 2nd class open-topped railway carriage, 1930 (replica)
1930 (replica); 1834 (original)