Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia
1847-1848
Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858
1858
Cammann type binaural stethoscope
1845-1855
Builder's whole, rigged model, of SS 'Great Eastern', 1853-1857
1853-1857
Windsor mantle clock
1845-1855
'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century
1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)
Sewing machine by Elias Howe
circa 1846
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
The Great Exhibition Polka 1851
1851
Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849
1849
Bridge plaque - 1855
1855
Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe
1854
Railway bridge section
1850
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
South-East View of Sheffield
1855
Engraving: Watt's first experiment of steam. By James Scott after R.W. Buss
1849
Architect's model of S&J Watts' warehouse
1850-1856
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848
1848
John Ellis
1858
Model railway turntable
1850
Model of street-sweeping machine.
1850-1857
Cooke's train signalling instrument of 1845, Norfolk Railway
1845
Single-needle block instrument
1845
seal die - Colne Valley and Halstead Railway
1856
Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858
1858
Bright's bell telegraph, 1855
1855
Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856
1856
Henley's magneto electric double needle telegraph, 1848-1852
1848-1852
Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854
1854
Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph, 1858
1858
Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851
1851
Single needle telegraph, 1846
1846
Cooke and Wheatstone double needle telegraph, 1844
1844
Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835
1934
Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858
1857-1858
Keyboard for transmitting telegraphic messages, 1845-1851
1845-1851
Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858
1857-1858
Cooke and Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1844
1844
Sample of the first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858
1857-1858
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.
1850
Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858
1858-03-02
Purse presented to George Hall esq
1853
Silver presentation whistle and chain, London & South Western Railway
1853
Marble statue of George Stephenson, 1852
1852
Novelty model
1955; 1830
Truncheon, ebony, England, 1849
1849
Peel, Williams & Peel steam engine
1846