Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848
1848
Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835
1934
Cooke's train signalling instrument of 1845, Norfolk Railway
1845
Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849
1849
Single-needle block instrument
1845
Model railway turntable
1850
Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845
1845
Great Western Railway model of 'Iron Duke', 1851
1851
Stockton & Darlington Railway carriage
1847
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851
1851
The Great Exhibition Polka 1851
1851
View of the Britannia Tubular Bridge
1850
Engraving: Watt's first experiment of steam. By James Scott after R.W. Buss
1849
Peel, Williams & Peel steam engine
1846
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.
1850
Single needle telegraph, 1846
1846
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Keyboard for transmitting telegraphic messages, 1845-1851
1845-1851
Novelty model
1955; 1830
Truncheon, ebony, England, 1849
1849
Railway bridge section
1850
Oil painting depicting Robert Stephenson
circa 1850s
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Model of machine for making drain pipes
1851
Nimbus, or rain cloud
1849
Cumulostratus forming; fine weather Cirri above
1849
model steam, crewe type locomotive
1846
Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, 1934
1934
Seal die, The Southampton & Dorchester Railway Company
1845
Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1st Class carriage 'Traveller'
1930 (replica); 1834 (original)
Lucien Sharpe sheet metal gauge
circa 1850
Palmer's micrometer (replica)
circa 1848
Poster advertising lectures on phrenology, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, 1851
1851
Lead weight marked 'Reid' from the first cross-Channel telegraph cable, 1850.
1850
Sample of 1851 Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851
1851
Sewing machine by Elias Howe
circa 1846
Four-Wheeled Hand Crane
1850
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Copy of the Receiver and Alarm Call of Schilling's Electric Telegraph, 1870-1877
1870-1877
Portable double-needle telegraph and test set, 1850
1850
Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia
1847-1848
Printing telegraph receiver, 1845-1851
1845-1851
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century
1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)
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
'The British Nave' at the Great Exhibition of 1851
1851