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Model of Grew's locomotive for ice

circa 1861

Dagron microphotographic camera

circa 1860

Thompson's Revolver Camera

1862

Colour lithograph of the S.S. 'Great Eastern'

1850-1859

Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845

1845

Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849

1849

Bridge plaque - 1855

1855

Ramsbottom speed indicator

1860

Down Pipe from Maldon Witham & Braintree Railway

1846-1859

Railway bridge section

1850

Great Western Railway model of 'Iron Duke', 1851

1851

Dandy cart and horse

1845-1855

Stockton & Darlington Railway carriage

1847

Purse presented to George Hall esq

1853

Longcase clock, Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works

1857

Cooke's train signalling instrument of 1845, Norfolk Railway

1845

Single-needle block instrument

1845

Architect's model of S&J Watts' warehouse

1850-1856

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

1858

Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858

1858-03-02

Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe

1854

Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858

1858

Peel, Williams & Peel steam engine

1846

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848

1848

John Ellis

1858

One of the First Rechargeable Batteries, about 1860

1860

Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

1851

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

1857-1858

Sample of the first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

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

1857-1858

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

Keyboard for transmitting telegraphic messages, 1845-1851

1845-1851

Columnar Engine, 1862

1862

Signal Block Bell, South Eastern Railway

1862

Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854

1854

Model railway turntable

1850

England and her Soldiers

1859

James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

Henley needle galvanometer, 1855-1860

1855-1860

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Bright's bell telegraph, 1855

1855

Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856

1856

The Great Exhibition Polka 1851

1851

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.

1850

Henley's magneto electric double needle telegraph, 1848-1852

1848-1852