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Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848

1848

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Britannia statue

1849

Palmer's micrometer (replica)

circa 1848

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

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

Model railway turntable

1850

Stockton & Darlington Railway carriage

1847

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Silver kettle presented to Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy (1780 – 1854)

1849

Truncheon, ebony, England, 1849

1849

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.

1850

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Nimbus, or rain cloud

1849

Cumulostratus forming; fine weather Cirri above

1849

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

The Great Central Railway Station, Newcastle on Tyne

1850

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Oil painting depicting Robert Stephenson

circa 1850s

Four-Wheeled Hand Crane

1850

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Lucien Sharpe sheet metal gauge

circa 1850

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

1705-1737

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)

Portable double-needle telegraph and test set, 1850

1850

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

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

1990-95

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Model of submersible 'Turtle'

1976; 1776

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

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

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Automaton monkey

1850

Glass display case containing various cosmetic devices from the 1700s, England, 1880-1930

1701-1800

Copy of Lodestone believed to have been used by Queen Anne

1929 (copy); 1702-1714 (original)

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

Coloured daguerreotype photograph

circa 1849

Turntable, Cast Iron

1848