James Watt and the Steam Engine Print
1860
John Ellis
1858
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
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
Ramsbottom speed indicator
1860
Novelty model
1955; 1830
Longcase clock, Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works
1857
One of the First Rechargeable Batteries, about 1860
1860
England and her Soldiers
1859
Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856
1856
Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph, 1858
1858
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858
1858
Henley needle galvanometer, 1855-1860
1855-1860
Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858
1858
Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854
1854
Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858
1857-1858
Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858
1857-1858
Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835
1934
Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858
1858-03-02
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
Bright's bell telegraph, 1855
1855
Sample of the first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858
1857-1858
Dagron microphotographic camera
circa 1860
Portrait bust of Henry Maudslay
before 1857
Larmuth Loom
circa 1860
'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century
1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Micrometer type mechanical comparator
1855
Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera
1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)
Paddlewheel used by James Joule
c1860
Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1st Class carriage 'Traveller'
1930 (replica); 1834 (original)
Telegraph block instrument; South Eastern Railway; Walker's patent No. 245
1855
Map of England and Wales jigsaw puzzle
circa 1860
Model of the "Planet" Locomotive
1830 (original); 1967 (model)
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Bust of James Watt in Parian Ware made by Josiah Wedgwood & Sons from original by E.W. Wyon
after 1859
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, English civil engineer, mid-19th century.
1860
Royal footwarmer, Great Western Railway
1856
Bullion box containing lead shot
1855
Child's ceramic alphabet bowl, North Staffordshire Railway
1860
earthenware commemorative plate displaying the company seal of the Hull & Hornsea Railway
1860
Bronze bust of William Stuart
1855
Caricature showing a publican's dilemma during a cholera epidemic, Europe, c. 1854
circa 1854