Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Stockton & Darlington Railway carriage

1847

Peel, Williams & Peel steam engine

1846

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Single needle telegraph, 1846

1846

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Novelty model

1955; 1830

model steam, crewe type locomotive

1846

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

1846

Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1st Class carriage 'Traveller'

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Sewing machine by Elias Howe

circa 1846

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

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

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

1934

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Bronze medal to commemorate J.C.F. von Schiller

1847

Medal commemorating Jacques Coster

1846

Medal commemorating Alexander von Humboldt

1847

Andre-Marie Ampere

1825; 1910

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Handbill for a balloon ascent by Leiut. G.B. Gale

1847

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

Calf's Head Weight

1370-1350 BCE; 1931

Plaster replica of black Basalt Cubit Rod 531

1931; 250 BCE

Plaster replica of IBEX weight

1370-1350 BCE; 1931

Black stone container or palette

2000-1000

Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements

1972-3

Plano-convex brick, Ubaid, Iraq, c 2500 BC.

2500 BCE

Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promote general good health

1880-120

Wood tobacco pipe

1860-1820

Staffordshire cup

1847

Oesophageal forceps Durham's

1871-1830

Double-ended dental pelican

1851-1800

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

1990-95

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

Reversible axe on adze, green stone blade, North Papua (Astrolabe Bay)

2000 BCE

Bronze medal to commemorate D. Sacchi and G. Frank

1846

Bronze medal

1846

Bronze medal by E. Rogat

1846

Silver plated bronze medal to commemorate the 9th Reunion of Italian Scientists

1847