Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera
1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Model of the "Planet" Locomotive
1830 (original); 1967 (model)
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Purse presented to George Hall esq
1853
Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe
1854
Silver presentation whistle and chain, London & South Western Railway
1853
Novelty model
1955; 1830
seal die - Colne Valley and Halstead Railway
1856
Bright's bell telegraph, 1855
1855
Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856
1856
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835
1934
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Bridge plaque - 1855
1855
Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854
1854
South-East View of Sheffield
1855
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
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century
1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
'Thunder pump' magneto-electric device, 1856
1856
William Thomson's marine mirror galvanometer, 1850-1900
1854
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Bullion box containing lead shot
1855
Royal footwarmer, Great Western Railway
1856
Locomotive Memoranda, Engines
1856
Bronze bust of William Stuart
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)
Spectacles, gold rims
1853
Micrometer type mechanical comparator
1855
Caricature showing a publican's dilemma during a cholera epidemic, Europe, c. 1854
circa 1854
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
Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936
1936
Album of cyanotypes of British and Foreign Ferns
1853
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE
2050-1750 BCE
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Replica of Lightning Conductor by Benjamin Franklin, United States, 1730-1760
1730-1760 (original); 1931-1939 (replica)
Electrotype replica of a 16th-century mariner’s astrolabe
1580-1588; 1930
Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE
2000-1001 BCE
Copy of a cippus showing Horus, Egypt, 1900-1933
1900-1933
Model of H.M. Brigantine 'Dolphin'
1950-1977 (model); 1836 (original)
Model of submersible 'Turtle'
1976; 1776
Votive plaque with right ear in relief
400 BCE-100 CE; 1900-1936