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Marble statue of George Stephenson, 1852

1852

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Britannia statue

1849

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848

1848

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Great Western Railway model of 'Iron Duke', 1851

1851

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

View of the Britannia Tubular Bridge

1850

Purse presented to George Hall esq

1853

Railway bridge section

1850

Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849

1849

Model railway turntable

1850

Silver presentation whistle and chain, London & South Western Railway

1853

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Truncheon, ebony, England, 1849

1849

The Great Exhibition Polka 1851

1851

Engraving: Watt's first experiment of steam. By James Scott after R.W. Buss

1849

Stockton & Darlington Railway carriage

1847

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

1848-1852

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

1851

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.

1850

Wax portrait of Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy (1780 – 1854)

1851

Wax portrait of George Atkins (1766 – 1855) by Richard Cockle Lucas

1852

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

1849

Bridge link

1852

Lucien Sharpe sheet metal gauge

circa 1850

Oil painting depicting Robert Stephenson

circa 1850s

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1934

Palmer's micrometer (replica)

circa 1848

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Four-Wheeled Hand Crane

1850

Nimbus, or rain cloud

1849

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

1851

'The British Nave' at the Great Exhibition of 1851

1851

Cumulostratus forming; fine weather Cirri above

1849

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Spectacles, gold rims

1853

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

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

1870-1877

Sample of 1851 Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

1851

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

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

1705-1737

Portable double-needle telegraph and test set, 1850

1850

Lead weight marked 'Reid' from the first cross-Channel telegraph cable, 1850.

1850