Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848

1848

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Peel, Williams & Peel steam engine

1846

Stockton & Darlington Railway carriage

1847

Single needle telegraph, 1846

1846

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

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)

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

1705-1737

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

model steam, crewe type locomotive

1846

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Palmer's micrometer (replica)

circa 1848

Sewing machine by Elias Howe

circa 1846

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

1934

Copy of the Receiver and Alarm Call of Schilling's Electric Telegraph, 1870-1877

1870-1877

Map of the Lancashire & Yorkshire North Eastern Railway shewing its connection with the exisiting and projected lines of the district

1846

Revised Classification of Merchandise Traffic and Revised Schedule of Maximum Rates and Charges Applicable thereto, proposed to be charged by the Eastern and Midlands Railway Company

1889-02

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

Small stone scarab pierced longitudinally with flat base engraved with design of standing harpist and seated figure

2000-1000

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

1880-120

Three lancets

1848

2 lancets

1847

Clay tobacco pipe

1860-1715

Forceps, bone cutting

1848

Staffordshire cup

1847

Obstetrical forceps, Norway, 1801-1900

1872-3

Oesophageal forceps Durham's

1871-1830

Mummified bird, Egypt, 2000-100 BCE

2000-100 BCE

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

2000-1001 BCE

Double-ended dental pelican

1851-1800

Turn pin spectacles

1846-1848

Skull elevator for cranial surgery by Stodart of London

1878-1839

Brass saccharometer by R.B. Bate

1915-1825

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

1990-95

Uterine probe

1901-950

Military surgeon's pouch, with grenadier badge

1847

Cylinder watch in case

1801-1825

Dental elevator

1870-1840

Medal of the Society of Magnetising and Healing Spiritualist Mediums of Paris

1847-1848