Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Aveling and Porter steam traction engine

circa 1871

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Silver model of the Eleanor Cross at Charing Cross Station

1867-1868

Stirling single locomotive wheel casting pattern, Great Northern Railway

1870

London & South Western Railway Shark 2-4-0

circa 1868

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Writing frame for the blind, Stockholm, Sweden, 1871

1871

Obstetrical forceps

1870s

One of four original Swan and Raven models

1867

One of four original Swan and Raven models used by Froude

1867

Wheatstone receiver (Morse inker), 1867

1867

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

A steam hammer at work

1871

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Model of human eye

1870

Great Northern Railway 4-2-2 locomotive Stirling Single

1870

North Eastern Railway locomotive Aerolite

1869

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

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

1871

newhaven harbour co bridge byelaws notice

1867

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

1705-1737

Model of the ‘Optimus’ water closet, England

1870

Domestic Sewing Machine for chain stitich

1868

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

York apprentices model train - North Eastern Railway

1870

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

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

Close, No 80 High Street

1868

Close, No 139 Saltmarket

1868

Saltmarket, from Bridgegate

1868

Main Street, Gorbals, Looking South

1868

Magic lantern slide: Housemaid and chimney sweep

1870

Trongate, from Tron Steeple

1868

Close, No 101 High Street

1868

Close, No 193 High Street

1868

Close, No 18 Saltmarket

1868

Laigh Kirk Close

1868

High Street, from the Cross

1868

King Street

1868

Close, No 65 High Street

1868

Old Building, High Street

1868

Close, No 31 Saltmarket

1868

Close, No 115 High Street

1868