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Builder's whole, rigged model, of SS 'Great Eastern', 1853-1857

1853-1857

Sewing machine by Elias Howe

circa 1846

Britannia statue

1849

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

Model paddle wheel engines of the SS 'Great Eastern'

1853-1857

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

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

1846

Cammann type binaural stethoscope

1845-1855

Plaster model of the lunar surface

1844

Palmer's micrometer (replica)

circa 1848

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

1858

Cooke and Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.

1850

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858

1858

Model of a Power Loom for Plain Weaving

1857

Thomson's mirror galvanometer, 1858

1858

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848

1848

Nasmyth's Steam Hammer

1845-1855

The Great Exhibition Polka 1851

1851

Dandy cart and horse

1845-1855

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Single needle telegraph, 1846

1846

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Skaife's Pistolgraph Camera

1858

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Bullion box containing lead shot

1855

Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845

1845

Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph, 1858

1858

Oil painting depicting Robert Stephenson

circa 1850s

Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

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

1990-95

Marble statue of George Stephenson, 1852

1852

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

model steam, crewe type locomotive

1846

Album of cyanotypes of British and Foreign Ferns

1853

Camera obscura

1845-1855

Caricature showing 'The State Doctor' during a cholera epidemic, Europe, c. 1854

circa 1854

Grand Junction Railway locomotive 'Columbine'

1845

John Ellis

1858

Model railway turntable

1850

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, 1934

1934

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

1705-1737

Fowke's Bellows camera

1856

Model of street-sweeping machine.

1850-1857