Bridge plaque - 1855
1855
Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835
1934
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Bright's bell telegraph, 1855
1855
Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856
1856
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Novelty model
1955; 1830
South-East View of Sheffield
1855
Bullion box containing lead shot
1855
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, 1934
1934
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Copy of the Receiver and Alarm Call of Schilling's Electric Telegraph, 1870-1877
1870-1877
Royal footwarmer, Great Western Railway
1856
'Thunder pump' magneto-electric device, 1856
1856
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century
1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Bronze bust of William Stuart
1855
Telegraph block instrument; South Eastern Railway; Walker's patent No. 245
1855
Micrometer type mechanical comparator
1855
Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1st Class carriage 'Traveller'
1930 (replica); 1834 (original)
Model of the "Planet" Locomotive
1830 (original); 1967 (model)
Teneriffe
1856
Teneriffe
1856
May - Study No 167
1870-10
L & C Railway Locomotive Engine Memoranda from Nov. 22nd 1856
1856
Walker's Railway Time Table, and Coach, Omnibus and Carriers' List
1883-01
Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill
1730; 1967
Lorina, Edith and Alice Liddel
1872-08
Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements
1972-3
Plano-convex brick, Ubaid, Iraq, c 2500 BC.
2500 BCE
Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promote general good health
1880-120
Wood tobacco pipe
1860-1820
verification hole punch
1855
Haighton obstetrical forceps
1870-1850
Oesophageal forceps Durham's
1871-1830
Brass saccharometer by R.B. Bate
1915-1825
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Uterine probe
1901-950
Lever watch in pair case with crank roller
1800-1830
Cylinder watch in case with thin horizontal movement
1801-1850
Lever watch in case
1800-1830
Replica of Islamic Astrolabe
1066; 1876
Thunder pump, 1856
1856
Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body
1888-185
NEMA cryptography machine type T-D
1945-50
Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination
3000-1500