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One of the First Rechargeable Batteries, about 1860

1860

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Ramsbottom speed indicator

1860

James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

Wivenhoe & Brightlingsea Railway

1861

seal die - Bishop Stortford, Dunmow and Braintree railway

1861

Model of Grew's locomotive for ice

circa 1861

Dagron microphotographic camera

circa 1860

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Lid for Self Cleansing carbon filter

circa 1861

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Child's ceramic alphabet bowl, North Staffordshire Railway

1860

Map of England and Wales jigsaw puzzle

circa 1860

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

1705-1737

earthenware commemorative plate displaying the company seal of the Hull & Hornsea Railway

1860

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

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

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Paddlewheel used by James Joule

c1860

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Larmuth Loom

circa 1860

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

1860

Sample of Bessemer Steel

1860

Enfield Carbine Rifle

circa 1860

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Mahogany wet-plate camera with 4 double dark slide film holders & focussing screen

circa 1860

Royal Humane Society Medal

1860

Lord Elgin

1860

Fortifications of Beijing

1860

Prince Kung

1860

Coal from China, 1860s

1860

Great Western Railway "Cornishman" Express Train, hauled by 4-4-2 No. 3046 "Lord of the Isles"

1899/12

Great Western Railway "Cornishman" Express Train, hauled by 4-4-2 No. 3046 "Lord of the Isles".

1899/12

Model of Henry Cavendish's Torsion Balance Gravitational Apparatus, 1798

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

Hicks patent mercurial minimum thermometer with brass sliding scale

1861

Engraving. William C. Mylne

1860

Portrait of Robert Stephenson

1860

Tinted lithograph: Railway bridge

1860

James Watt

1860

The Improved Street Railway Carriage

1861

Rev. John Theophilus Desaguliers

1860