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Stirling single locomotive wheel casting pattern, Great Northern Railway

1870

London & South Western Railway Shark 2-4-0

circa 1868

Writing frame for the blind, Stockholm, Sweden, 1871

1871

Sample of submarine telegraph cable, 1866

1866

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

One of four original Swan and Raven models

1867

One of four original Swan and Raven models used by Froude

1867

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Wheatstone receiver (Morse inker), 1867

1867

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Obstetrical forceps

1870s

Aveling and Porter steam traction engine

circa 1871

Silver model of the Eleanor Cross at Charing Cross Station

1867-1868

Operative Society of Bricklayers

1866-1870

Model of the Lowe-Vansittart Screw Propeller Blades

1869

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

Domestic Sewing Machine for chain stitich

1868

York apprentices model train - North Eastern Railway

1870

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

North Eastern Railway locomotive Aerolite

1869

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Great Northern Railway 4-2-2 locomotive Stirling Single

1870

newhaven harbour co bridge byelaws notice

1867

Model of human eye

1870

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Babbage's Analytical Engine, 1834-1871. (Trial model)

1871

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Carbolic steam spray used by Joseph Lister

1866-1870

Sectional Model of a Beam Engine, 1866.

1866

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

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

1934

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Model of the ‘Optimus’ water closet, England

1870

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

A steam hammer at work

1871

Treadle-operated 'Minerva' platen printing press made by H. S. Cropper and Co.

circa 1870

The first Wheeler and Wilson sewing machine, 1866.

1866

NER instructions to engine drivers

1867

Cassiopea

1866

Alfred Tennyson

1866

Adam's Stereoscopic Exhibition Poster

1867

Non-Smokers' appeal to the Great Northern Railway Company

1866

Alfred Tennyson

circa 1869

May - Study No 167

1870-10

Portrait of an Unknown Woman

circa 1868

Hindu astrolabe

1870

Walker's Railway Time Table, and Coach, Omnibus and Carriers' List

1883-01