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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

Novelty model

1955; 1830

seal die - Colne Valley and Halstead Railway

1856

Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854

1854

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

South-East View of Sheffield

1855

Bright's bell telegraph, 1855

1855

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856

1856

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Royal footwarmer, Great Western Railway

1856

Bullion box containing lead shot

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)

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

1855

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Micrometer type mechanical comparator

1855

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

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

1705-1737

'Thunder pump' magneto-electric device, 1856

1856

William Thomson's marine mirror galvanometer, 1850-1900

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

Massey's patent ships' log

1854-1857

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

Mosquee du Sultan Mahmoud a Tophanna

circa 1855

Camp du 97th Regiment Anglais

1855

Vue Generale d'Athenes avec l'acropolis

circa 1855

Set of 24 Early Photographs of Incidents in the Crimean War

1855-1856

Wet-plate Sensitising Bath

1854

Revised Classification of Merchandise Traffic and Revised Schedule of Maximum Rates and Charges Applicable thereto, proposed to be charged by the Eastern and Midlands Railway Company

1889-02

long-beam chemical balance

circa 1855

Teneriffe

1856

Teneriffe

1856

Kilburn's stereoscope

circa 1854

Portrait oil painting of Hugh Myddelton, 1856

1856

Reproduction of Joseph Priestley's oxygen apparatus

1774; 1923

Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Justus von Liebig

1856

Gold amulet in the form of Duamutef, Egypt, 2000-100 BCE

2000-100 BCE