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Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Purse presented to George Hall esq

1853

Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe

1854

Bridge plaque - 1855

1855

Silver presentation whistle and chain, London & South Western Railway

1853

Marble statue of George Stephenson, 1852

1852

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

South-East View of Sheffield

1855

Caricature showing 'The State Doctor' during a cholera epidemic, Europe, c. 1854

circa 1854

Caricature of an undertaker hoping for cholera, Europe, c. 1854

circa 1854

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

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

1852

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854

1854

Bridge link

1852

Bullion box containing lead shot

1855

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

1855

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

William Thomson's marine mirror galvanometer, 1850-1900

1854

Bronze bust of William Stuart

1855

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

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

1934

Copy of the Receiver and Alarm Call of Schilling's Electric Telegraph, 1870-1877

1870-1877

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

1705-1737

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Spectacles, gold rims

1853

Micrometer type mechanical comparator

1855

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

circa 1854

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Crossed Muslin

1852

Four Glass Collodion Positives Showing Perforations

1852

Mosquee du Sultan Mahmoud a Tophanna

circa 1855

Great Western Railway "Cornishman" Express Train, hauled by 4-4-2 No. 3046 "Lord of the Isles"

1899/12

Great Western Railway "Cornishman" Express Train, hauled by 4-4-2 No. 3046 "Lord of the Isles".

1899/12

Two portraits, George Turnbull’s palki bearer and an untitled portrait

1852

Drawing of Singhi Dalan in Rajmahal, Jharkhand, India

1856-11

Salt print of a Cuneiform clay tablet

1854

Photoglyphic engraving depicting lace

circa 1852

Fern Leaf

1852

Model of Henry Cavendish's Torsion Balance Gravitational Apparatus, 1798

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

Everest theodolite

circa 1855

Two inertia rings, circa 1853

1853