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‘Medico-Electrical Machine’ by Nairne and Blunt

1782-1793

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

1858

Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858

1858

Lord Kelvin's 'ironclad' marine galvanometer, 1865-1866

1865-1866

Trough battery, 1801-1838

1801-1838

Set of magnetical apparatus in case, by Adams

1790

Voltaic pile given to Faraday, 1813-1827, replica

1813-1827

Cathode ray furnace with specimens of coked diamonds

1906-1907

Kelvin & James White Ltd ampere

circa 1903

reflecting astatic moving iron galvanometer

circa 1920

Three magnetic line of force patterns made by Faraday and given to a friend

Station electrometer by James White

1867

Panel containing seven examples of P.O. telephone magnets

Faraday's specific inductive capacity apparatus, 1837, replica

1837

Replica of apparatus used by Ohm to prove Ohm's Law

1826

Collection of four vacuum tubes (originally seven tubes but three BOS March 1931)

"17 inch" plate Wimshurst electrostatic machine

1885

Five Geissler tubes by William Ladd, England, 1847-1860

1847-1860

Kilo-ampere balance (a) Box containing sliding weights

1888

ultra violet tubes

Aron Electricity Meter Company electric meter

collection of objects

Primary electric cell

1910

Leeds and Northrup `Speedomax H' Chart Recorder

1967

Everett Edgcumbe Circular Synchronizer

Leeds and Northrup `Speedomax H' Chart Recorder

1966

Vacuum tube used in an unrecorded experiment on cathode rays from a sphere of aluminium

1881

Crookes' tube for showing the focusing of cathode rays

1879-1888

Twenty four electrical radiometers illustrating Sir W.Crookes' research on electrical discharges in a vacuum

1879-1888

Leclanche cell battery

Resistance ratio box

Carey Foster box

1900-1919

Electrostatically operated hunting scene model

1901-1939

L. F. Bridge ratio box, type 4178

Post office box

Winding tester

Bailey Chart Recorder

1970-1979

Experimental tri-axial peak height fluxgate magnetometer head

1967

Standard resistor

Component, Wiedemann's galvanometer

1876

Large electromagnet pole piece

1850

Lord Kelvin’s syphon recorder ink bottle electrification instrument

1868

Portion of original nitric acid battery

1839

Wheatstone's original bridge

1843

Geissler tube, 1855.

1855-1876

Electrostatic Generator

circa 1820

Plate electrostatic machine with prime conductor

Pattern of lines of force produced by Faraday, about 1852

1851-1855

Insulating stool, Galvani collection

1780-1798

Head of hair on a metal stand