Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849
1849
Model railway turntable
1850
Railway bridge section
1850
Great Western Railway model of 'Iron Duke', 1851
1851
Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851
1851
Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835
1934
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
Truncheon, ebony, England, 1849
1849
The Great Exhibition Polka 1851
1851
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
Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.
1850
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Nimbus, or rain cloud
1849
Cumulostratus forming; fine weather Cirri above
1849
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Lucien Sharpe sheet metal gauge
circa 1850
Palmer's micrometer (replica)
circa 1848
Model of machine for making drain pipes
1851
Lead weight marked 'Reid' from the first cross-Channel telegraph cable, 1850.
1850
Sample of 1851 Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851
1851
Four-Wheeled Hand Crane
1850
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
Portable double-needle telegraph and test set, 1850
1850
Britannia statue
1849
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
'The British Nave' at the Great Exhibition of 1851
1851
Poster advertising lectures on phrenology, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, 1851
1851
Oil painting depicting Robert Stephenson
circa 1850s
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
Large padlock with key by Moreton and Langley
1850
Walker's Railway Time Table, and Coach, Omnibus and Carriers' List
1883-01
The Principles & Practice & Explanation of the Machinery of Locomotive Engines
1850
Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill
1730; 1967
Lorina, Edith and Alice Liddel
1872-08
Gilt perfume case
1849
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