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Sewing machine by Elias Howe

circa 1846

Britannia statue

1849

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

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

1846

Palmer's micrometer (replica)

circa 1848

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.

1850

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

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

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848

1848

The Great Exhibition Polka 1851

1851

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Single needle telegraph, 1846

1846

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Bullion box containing lead shot

1855

Oil painting depicting Robert Stephenson

circa 1850s

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

1990-95

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Marble statue of George Stephenson, 1852

1852

model steam, crewe type locomotive

1846

Album of cyanotypes of British and Foreign Ferns

1853

Model railway turntable

1850

Caricature showing 'The State Doctor' during a cholera epidemic, Europe, c. 1854

circa 1854

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

1934

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

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

1705-1737

Electrotype replica of a 16th-century mariner’s astrolabe

1580-1588; 1930

Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854

1854

South-East View of Sheffield

1855

Caricature showing a publican's dilemma during a cholera epidemic, Europe, c. 1854

circa 1854

Four-Wheeled Hand Crane

1850

Lucien Sharpe sheet metal gauge

circa 1850

William Thomson's marine mirror galvanometer, 1850-1900

1854

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

'The British Nave' at the Great Exhibition of 1851

1851

Micrometer type mechanical comparator

1855

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

1870-1877

Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

2050-1750 BCE

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

1848-1852

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Nimbus, or rain cloud

1849

Cumulostratus forming; fine weather Cirri above

1849

Poster advertising lectures on phrenology, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, 1851

1851