Builder's whole, rigged model, of SS 'Great Eastern', 1853-1857
1853-1857
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Mousetrap Camera
1834-1836
Model paddle wheel engines of the SS 'Great Eastern'
1853-1857
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera
1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)
Bullion box containing lead shot
1855
Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835
1934
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Model of a Power Loom for Plain Weaving
1857
'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century
1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Micrometer type mechanical comparator
1855
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
William Thomson's marine mirror galvanometer, 1850-1900
1854
Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, 1934
1934
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Bright's bell telegraph, 1855
1855
Copy of the Receiver and Alarm Call of Schilling's Electric Telegraph, 1870-1877
1870-1877
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
Royal footwarmer, Great Western Railway
1856
Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854
1854
Telegraph block instrument; South Eastern Railway; Walker's patent No. 245
1855
Magneto-electrometer, 1857
1857
Islay shipwreck components
1857
Bronze bust of William Stuart
1855
Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856
1856
Spectacles, gold rims
1853
Chart of the Atlantic showing proposed course of the Atlantic Cable, 1856-1857
1856-1857
'Thunder pump' magneto-electric device, 1856
1856
Purse presented to George Hall esq
1853
Grave marker, grave '221'
1860-1920
Replica Grand Junction Railway travelling post office
1938; (1838)
Pocket watch belonging to Joseph Lister
1853
Gold chain for Lister's pocket watch
1853
Bottle of collodion
1854
Bottle containing chloride of gold
1854
Leather case for photographic developing chemicals set
1854
Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe
1854
Bridge plaque - 1855
1855
Longcase clock, Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works
1857
Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1st Class carriage 'Traveller'
1930 (replica); 1834 (original)
Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 2nd class open-topped railway carriage, 1930 (replica)
1930 (replica); 1834 (original)
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Caricature showing 'The State Doctor' during a cholera epidemic, Europe, c. 1854
circa 1854
Album of cyanotypes of British and Foreign Ferns
1853
Novelty model
1955; 1830