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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

Model of a Power Loom for Plain Weaving

1857

Cornwall Railway Safety Rattle

1855-1865

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

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Distinguished Men of Science

1862

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Thomson (Lord Kelvin) double curb transmitter, 1858

1858

Telegraph block instrument; Walker's

1865

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

1855

Map of England and Wales jigsaw puzzle

circa 1860

Micrometer type mechanical comparator

1855

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Tables of lifetimes, annuities, and premiums

1864

Enfield Carbine Rifle

circa 1860

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

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

1705-1737

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

Thomson's mirror galvanometer, 1858

1858

'Thunder pump' magneto-electric device, 1856

1856

Letter to The Atlantic Telegraph Company, 1859

1859

William Thomson's marine mirror galvanometer, 1850-1900

1854

Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, 1934

1934

Chart of the Atlantic showing proposed course of the Atlantic Cable, 1856-1857

1856-1857

Copy of the Receiver and Alarm Call of Schilling's Electric Telegraph, 1870-1877

1870-1877

Larmuth Loom

circa 1860

Portrait bust of Henry Maudslay

before 1857

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, English civil engineer, mid-19th century.

1860

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Writing machine for blind people, United Kingdom, 1862

1862

Paddlewheel used by James Joule

c1860

Sample of Bessemer Steel

1860

Magneto-electrometer, 1857

1857

Whitehouse's induction coil, 1858

1858

Pioneers of Electric Telegraphy at the British Association

1865

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Royal footwarmer, Great Western Railway

1856

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Letter from Queen Victoria mentioning chloroform use in childbirth

1859

Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB

1990-95

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Model of submersible 'Turtle'

1976; 1776

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Improved Patent Magneto Electric Machine for nervous diseases

1862

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

Whitworth Pillar Drilling Machine

circa 1860

Reis telephone, 1863.

1863