Image
Category
Collection
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Object type
Place
Material
Date

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Stockton & Darlington Railway carriage

1847

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848

1848

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Palmer's micrometer (replica)

circa 1848

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

1934

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

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

May - Study No 167

1870-10

Walker's Railway Time Table, and Coach, Omnibus and Carriers' List

1883-01

Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill

1730; 1967

Lorina, Edith and Alice Liddel

1872-08

Steam locomotive, entitled Cornwall

1847

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

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

Lever watch in pair case with crank roller

1800-1830

Lever watch in case

1800-1830

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

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

Single needle instrument, Highton's 1848

1848

Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination

3000-1500

copy of a gold cup.

3000-2000 BCE

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

Jöns Jacob Berzelius

1848

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

2000 BCE

White metal medal

1848

Portrait, part of the Woodcroft Collection "Gallery of Portraits" etc. Richard Roberts. Pencil

1848

Rowland Hill, Esqr.

1848

Circular bronze medal

1848