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One of the First Rechargeable Batteries, about 1860

1860

Builder's whole, rigged model, of SS 'Great Eastern', 1853-1857

1853-1857

Cloth tape measure

1850-1860

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Writing machine for blind people, United Kingdom, 1862

1862

James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

Colour lithograph of the S.S. 'Great Eastern'

1850-1859

The Great Exhibition Polka 1851

1851

Lithograph, Chronological pictures of English History

1850-1859

Purse presented to George Hall esq

1853

Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe

1854

Caricature of an undertaker hoping for cholera, Europe, c. 1854

circa 1854

View of the Britannia Tubular Bridge

1850

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

circa 1854

Ramsbottom speed indicator

1860

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

1849

Longcase clock, Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works

1857

Thompson's Revolver Camera

1862

Dagron microphotographic camera

circa 1860

Lid for Self Cleansing carbon filter

circa 1861

England and her Soldiers

1859

Bright's bell telegraph, 1855

1855

Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856

1856

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

1848-1852

Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph, 1858

1858

Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

1851

Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

Sample of the first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

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

Signal Block Bell, South Eastern Railway

1862

Bridge plaque - 1855

1855

Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854

1854

South-East View of Sheffield

1855

Architect's model of S&J Watts' warehouse

1850-1856

Columnar Engine, 1862

1862

Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849

1849

Silver presentation whistle and chain, London & South Western Railway

1853

Marble statue of George Stephenson, 1852

1852

Engraving of Theory of pulleys (Theorie elementaire des Poulies)

1850-1860

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Truncheon, ebony, England, 1849

1849

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848

1848

John Ellis

1858

Model railway turntable

1850

seal die - Colne Valley and Halstead Railway

1856

Wivenhoe & Brightlingsea Railway

1861