Bridge plaque - 1855
1855
Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe
1854
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
Silver presentation whistle and chain, London & South Western Railway
1853
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
Bright's bell telegraph, 1855
1855
Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856
1856
Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835
1934
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Novelty model
1955; 1830
Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854
1854
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
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)
William Thomson's marine mirror galvanometer, 1850-1900
1854
Bronze bust of William Stuart
1855
Spectacles, gold rims
1853
Caricature showing a publican's dilemma during a cholera epidemic, Europe, c. 1854
circa 1854
Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera
1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)
Royal footwarmer, Great Western Railway
1856
Bullion box containing lead shot
1855
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
'Thunder pump' magneto-electric device, 1856
1856
Micrometer type mechanical comparator
1855
Copy of the Receiver and Alarm Call of Schilling's Electric Telegraph, 1870-1877
1870-1877
Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, 1934
1934
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Model of the "Planet" Locomotive
1830 (original); 1967 (model)
'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century
1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Medal, Grant Medical College
1855
Andre-Marie Ampere
1825; 1910
Everest theodolite
circa 1855
Balfour-Stewart experimental mercury thermometer
1856
Ten Reales coin of Isabella II (Spain)
1855
Roman Coin of Tiberius
30 CE
Roman Coin of Tiberius
30 CE
Red granite drill core
2686-2613 BCE
Horizontal sundial, inscribed: 'LIFE A SHAD-W A.D. 1856'
1856
Coloured portrait of Andrew Pritchard
1855
Thunder pump, 1856
1856
Elisa Garnerin. Aeronaute
1854
Goodall's patent grinding apparatus
1853
NEMA cryptography machine type T-D
1945-50
Receipt with letter heading. Richard Read
1853