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scale with metal stand for Thompson mirror speaking galvanometer, 1858

Telecommunications

1858

Thomson mirror speaking galvanometer, 1858

Telecommunications

1858

Portable double-needle telegraph and test set, 1850

Telecommunications

1850

Silver vinaigrette with hinged lid

Pharmacy-ware

1809

Metal hand clutching a sprig of rue

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1800-1850

Sample of 1851 Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

Telecommunications

1851

Slide rule for exchange of weights and measures

Mathematics

1815

Dental impression tray

Dentistry

1830-1850

printing block

Textile Industry

c.1840

Cloth tape measure

Hand and Machine Tools

1850-1860

Half-penny coin

Textile Industry

1806

Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway 3rd Class open railway carriage, 1834

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1834

Millwright's measuring tool

Weighing & Measuring

around 1790

Architect's model of S&J Watts' warehouse

Textile Industry

1850-1856

Luke Howard's original rain guage

Meteorology

1818

Shutt End Colliery Railway steam locomotive 'Agenoria'

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1829

Scale drawing of Nottingham Water Works Engine House, England, 1851-1860

Archive

1850-1859

Schwann's microscope

Microscopes

1835

William Thomson's marine mirror galvanometer, 1850-1900

Telecommunications

1854

Machine used for covering wires with silk and cotton, 1837

Textiles Machinery

1837

Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

Telecommunications

1851

sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

Telecommunications

1857-1858

Portion of the first submarine cable between Dover and Calais, 1850

Telecommunications

1850

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

Surveying

1791

Two lancets in a patterned silver case

Therapeutics

1844

Ottewill folding box camera

Photographic Technology

1853

Silver pill box, Birmingham, England, 1797

Wellcome (general)

1797

Cocked hat worn by French military surgeon

Surgery

1790-1831

Henley needle galvanometer, 1855-1860

Telecommunications

1855-1860

Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856

Telecommunications

1856

Plaque showing the development of a human embryo

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1801-1830

Two snuff boxes shaped like a pair of lady's boots

Smoking

1781-1860

Vaginal speculum

Clinical Diagnosis

1801-1850

Dental forceps from set of blacksmith's dental instruments

Dentistry

1800-1850

Huskisson Memorial

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1831

Bullion box containing lead shot

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1855

Daniell cell used by Edward Davy, 1836-1839

Telecommunications

1836-1839

section of first telegraph cable, 1837

Telecommunications

1837

Cooke and Wheatstone 5-needle telegraph, 1837

Telecommunications

1837

Wheatstone ABC telegraph receiver, 1942

Telecommunications

1842

Half-penny coin

Textile Industry

1799

Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1854

Water frame spindle

Textile Industry

1800-1830

Copying desk, with lock and key and felt on mahogany board

Printing & Writing

1780-1800

Oil lamp base for Thomson mirror speaking galvanometer, 1858

Telecommunications

1858

cylinder electrical machine, 1810-1817

Telecommunications

1810-1817

Silver snuff boxes, United Kingdom, presented in 1832 and 1850

Smoking

1832

'Puffing Billy' locomotive

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1813-1814

Furness Railway steam locomotive 'Coppernob' 0-4-0, No 3, 1846

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1846

letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858

Telecommunications

1858-03-02