Railway bridge section
1850
Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe
1854
Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851
1851
Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835
1934
Caricature of an undertaker hoping for cholera, Europe, c. 1854
circa 1854
Caricature showing 'The State Doctor' during a cholera epidemic, Europe, c. 1854
circa 1854
The Great Exhibition Polka 1851
1851
View of the Britannia Tubular Bridge
1850
Model railway turntable
1850
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.
1850
Purse presented to George Hall esq
1853
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Marble statue of George Stephenson, 1852
1852
Novelty model
1955; 1830
Great Western Railway model of 'Iron Duke', 1851
1851
Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854
1854
Silver presentation whistle and chain, London & South Western Railway
1853
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Four-Wheeled Hand Crane
1850
Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1st Class carriage 'Traveller'
1930 (replica); 1834 (original)
Oil painting depicting Robert Stephenson
circa 1850s
William Thomson's marine mirror galvanometer, 1850-1900
1854
Spectacles, gold rims
1853
Lucien Sharpe sheet metal gauge
circa 1850
Sample of 1851 Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851
1851
Bridge link
1852
Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, 1934
1934
Lead weight marked 'Reid' from the first cross-Channel telegraph cable, 1850.
1850
Caricature showing a publican's dilemma during a cholera epidemic, Europe, c. 1854
circa 1854
Poster advertising lectures on phrenology, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, 1851
1851
Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera
1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Portable double-needle telegraph and test set, 1850
1850
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
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
'The British Nave' at the Great Exhibition of 1851
1851
Model of the "Planet" Locomotive
1830 (original); 1967 (model)
'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century
1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)
Daguerreotype of John Avery Stranded In Rapids Above Niagara
1853
Andre-Marie Ampere
1825; 1910
Photograph: Alexander Parkes' wife and family taken at Pembrey
1850-1853
Note from Mr Droffnore
1851
Silver medal commemorating setting up of commission to investigate insanitary lodgings
1850
Copper medal to commemorate the opening of the new public water supply at Dijon
1850
The Conway Tubular Bridge on the Chester and Holyhead Railway
1851
Stereoscopic photographs and designs in box
1852