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Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Model railway turntable

1850

Railway bridge section

1850

Purse presented to George Hall esq

1853

Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe

1854

Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

1851

Wax portrait of Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy (1780 – 1854)

1851

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

1852

Bridge plaque - 1855

1855

Marble statue of George Stephenson, 1852

1852

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854

1854

Great Western Railway model of 'Iron Duke', 1851

1851

Silver presentation whistle and chain, London & South Western Railway

1853

Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Bright's bell telegraph, 1855

1855

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.

1850

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Bridge link

1852

Lucien Sharpe sheet metal gauge

circa 1850

William Thomson's marine mirror galvanometer, 1850-1900

1854

Telegraph block instrument; South Eastern Railway; Walker's patent No. 245

1855

Oil painting depicting Robert Stephenson

circa 1850s

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

1934

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Four-Wheeled Hand Crane

1850

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

1850

Bronze bust of William Stuart

1855

Sample of 1851 Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

1851

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

1705-1737

Watch made for the 1851 Great Exhibition by Alexander Watkins

1851

Bullion box containing lead shot

1855

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

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB

1990-95

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Album of cyanotypes of British and Foreign Ferns

1853

Drawing of Singhi Dalan in Rajmahal, Jharkhand, India

1856-11

Replica of Lightning Conductor by Benjamin Franklin, United States, 1730-1760

1730-1760 (original); 1931-1939 (replica)

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

Judkin's lock-stitch sewing machine, 1851.

1851

Bronze medal to commemorate Dr. L. Willems

1853

Salt print of a Cuneiform clay tablet

1854