Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia
1847-1848
'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century
1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)
Sewing machine by Elias Howe
circa 1846
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849
1849
Railway bridge section
1850
View of the Britannia Tubular Bridge
1850
Engraving: Watt's first experiment of steam. By James Scott after R.W. Buss
1849
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848
1848
Model railway turntable
1850
Single needle telegraph, 1846
1846
Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835
1934
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.
1850
Novelty model
1955; 1830
Truncheon, ebony, England, 1849
1849
Peel, Williams & Peel steam engine
1846
Stockton & Darlington Railway carriage
1847
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
model steam, crewe type locomotive
1846
Nimbus, or rain cloud
1849
Cumulostratus forming; fine weather Cirri above
1849
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera
1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)
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
seal die - Colchester, Stour valley, Sudbury and Halstead Railway
1846
Portable double-needle telegraph and test set, 1850
1850
Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, 1934
1934
Lead weight marked 'Reid' from the first cross-Channel telegraph cable, 1850.
1850
Copy of the Receiver and Alarm Call of Schilling's Electric Telegraph, 1870-1877
1870-1877
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Model of the "Planet" Locomotive
1830 (original); 1967 (model)
Britannia statue
1849
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Oil painting depicting Robert Stephenson
circa 1850s
Four-Wheeled Hand Crane
1850
Furness Railway steam locomotive 'Coppernob' 0-4-0, No 3, 1846
1846
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430
1960-1979
Photographic Brooch
circa 1850
Map of the Lancashire & Yorkshire North Eastern Railway shewing its connection with the exisiting and projected lines of the district
1846
Polyrama Panoptique
circa 1850
Cranked lantern slide with moiré pattern
1850