Sewing machine by Elias Howe
circa 1846
Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia
1847-1848
Furness Railway steam locomotive 'Coppernob' 0-4-0, No 3, 1846
1846
Model of the "Planet" Locomotive
1830 (original); 1967 (model)
Cammann type binaural stethoscope
1845-1855
'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century
1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)
The Great Exhibition Polka 1851
1851
Dandy cart and horse
1845-1855
'The British Nave' at the Great Exhibition of 1851
1851
Palmer's micrometer (replica)
circa 1848
Bullion box containing lead shot
1855
Nimbus, or rain cloud
1849
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Britannia statue
1849
Nasmyth's Steam Hammer
1845-1855
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845
1845
Purse presented to George Hall esq
1853
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
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848
1848
Model railway turntable
1850
Great Western Railway model of 'Iron Duke', 1851
1851
Cooke's train signalling instrument of 1845, Norfolk Railway
1845
Single-needle block instrument
1845
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851
1851
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
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849
1849
Bright's bell telegraph, 1855
1855
Henley's magneto electric double needle telegraph, 1848-1852
1848-1852
Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854
1854
Single needle telegraph, 1846
1846
Keyboard for transmitting telegraphic messages, 1845-1851
1845-1851
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.
1850
Wax portrait of Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy (1780 – 1854)
1851
Wax portrait of George Atkins (1766 – 1855) by Richard Cockle Lucas
1852