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
Purse presented to George Hall esq
1853
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe
1854
Silver presentation whistle and chain, London & South Western Railway
1853
Marble statue of George Stephenson, 1852
1852
Novelty model
1955; 1830
The Great Exhibition Polka 1851
1851
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
Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854
1854
Bridge link
1852
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Spectacles, gold rims
1853
Model of machine for making drain pipes
1851
Sample of 1851 Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851
1851
Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, 1934
1934
William Thomson's marine mirror galvanometer, 1850-1900
1854
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
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
Caricature showing a publican's dilemma during a cholera epidemic, Europe, c. 1854
circa 1854
Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1st Class carriage 'Traveller'
1930 (replica); 1834 (original)
Model of the "Planet" Locomotive
1830 (original); 1967 (model)
Salt print of a Cuneiform clay tablet
1854
Fern Leaf
1852
Crossed Muslin
1852
Four Glass Collodion Positives Showing Perforations
1852
Daguerreotype of John Avery Stranded In Rapids Above Niagara
1853
May - Study No 167
1870-10
Dandelion Seeds
1852
Walker's Railway Time Table, and Coach, Omnibus and Carriers' List
1883-01
Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill
1730; 1967
Lorina, Edith and Alice Liddel
1872-08
Pewter enemea syringe
1852
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
Haighton obstetrical forceps
1870-1850
Oesophageal forceps Durham's
1871-1830