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The Great Exhibition Polka 1851

1851

Purse presented to George Hall esq

1853

Bridge plaque - 1855

1855

Marble statue of George Stephenson, 1852

1852

John Ellis

1858

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

South-East View of Sheffield

1855

Novelty model

1955; 1830

England and her Soldiers

1859

Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856

1856

Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph, 1858

1858

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

1851

Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858

1858-03-02

Bright's bell telegraph, 1855

1855

Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858

1858

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854

1854

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

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

1857-1858

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

1858

Sample of the first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

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

1857-1858

Great Western Railway model of 'Iron Duke', 1851

1851

Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe

1854

Longcase clock, Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works

1857

Silver presentation whistle and chain, London & South Western Railway

1853

Portrait bust of Henry Maudslay

before 1857

Poster advertising lectures on phrenology, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, 1851

1851

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

1705-1737

Letter to The Atlantic Telegraph Company, 1859

1859

Royal footwarmer, Great Western Railway

1856

Bullion box containing lead shot

1855

Bridge link

1852

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

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

1855

Bronze bust of William Stuart

1855

Caricature showing a publican's dilemma during a cholera epidemic, Europe, c. 1854

circa 1854

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Model of a Power Loom for Plain Weaving

1857

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)

'The British Nave' at the Great Exhibition of 1851

1851

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Spectacles, gold rims

1853

Model paddle wheel engines of the SS 'Great Eastern'

1853-1857

Micrometer type mechanical comparator

1855

Bust of James Watt in Parian Ware made by Josiah Wedgwood & Sons from original by E.W. Wyon

after 1859