Image
Category
Collection
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Object type
Place
Material
Date

Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849

1849

Model railway turntable

1850

Railway bridge section

1850

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

View of the Britannia Tubular Bridge

1850

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

1849

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

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

1850

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

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

Ice skate of about 1850

circa 1850

Haighton obstetrical forceps

1870-1850

2 lancets

1849

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

Barograph by Moritz Pillischer, 1850

1850

Islamic astrolabe, 1849

1849