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Early submarine cables and grapnel, 1858-1866.

Telecommunications

1858-1866

Shutt End Colliery Railway steam locomotive 'Agenoria'

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1829

Cloth tape measure

Hand and Machine Tools

1850-1860

NER 0-6-0 '1001' class steam locomotive and tender, No 1275, 1874

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1874

Bullion box containing lead shot

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1855

Architect's model of S&J Watts' warehouse

Textile Industry

1850-1856

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

Archive

1850-1859

Bell telephone, mahogany case, 1878

Telecommunications

1878

Print, 'Interior Tanks', a scene on 'Great Eastern' during the laying of the first Atlantic cable, 1865-1867

Telecommunications

1865-1867

Bell from Liverpool Road Station, Manchester

Liverpool & Manchester Railway

c. 1831

Huskisson Memorial

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1831

scale with metal stand for Thompson mirror speaking galvanometer, 1858

Telecommunications

1858

Cast iron Columbian printing press

Printing & Writing

c.1850

Model paddle wheel engines of the SS 'Great Eastern'

Marine Engines

1853-1857

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

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1834

Print, 'Searching Fault' scene on 'Great Eastern' during the laying of the first Atlantic cable, 1865-1867

Telecommunications

1865-1867

Schwann's microscope

Microscopes

1835

Half-penny coin

Textile Industry

1806

stock exchange automatic telegraph, 1872-1880

Telecommunications

1872-1880

Model of human eye

Anatomy & Pathology

1870

Single-lens Cine Camera by Louis Le Prince

Cinematography

1888

Silver vinaigrette with hinged lid

Pharmacy-ware

1809

Saw bench

Hand and Machine Tools

1879

Deck-watch used by Capt. William Parry during his attempt to reach the North Pole, 1827

Clockmakers

1823

Two lancets in a patterned silver case

Therapeutics

1844

Robert Dudgeon’s sphygmograph

Clinical Diagnosis

1876

Difference Engine No. 1

Computing & Data Processing

c. 1832

Carbolic steam spray used by Joseph Lister

Surgery

1866-1870

Wax anatomical model of thorax

Anatomy & Pathology

1825-1879

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

Electronic Components

1889

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

Electronic Components

1889

Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

Telecommunications

1851

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

Telecommunications

1850

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

Telecommunications

1857-1858

Machine used for covering wires with silk and cotton, 1837

Textiles Machinery

1837

William Thomson's marine mirror galvanometer, 1850-1900

Telecommunications

1854

Lancashire Loom

Textile Industry

c. 1880

Plaque showing the development of a human embryo

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1801-1830

Visitor staff from London hospital

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1801-1870

Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856

Telecommunications

1856

submarine cable laid across the River Medina, 1878

Telecommunications

1878

Pioneers of Electric Telegraphy at the British Association

Telecommunications

1865

Clockwork interruptor, once owned by David Hughes, 1875-1880

Radio Communication

1875-1880

Portable double-needle telegraph and test set, 1850

Telecommunications

1850

Silver thimble, used to pass a current through the 1866 Transatlantic cable, 1860-1866

Telecommunications

1860-1866

Henley needle galvanometer, 1855-1860

Telecommunications

1855-1860

Orthopaedic corset, Europe, 1801-1880

Orthopaedics

1801-1880

Writing machine for blind people, United Kingdom, 1862

Printing & Writing

1862

Vaginal speculum

Clinical Diagnosis

1801-1850

Crossley telephone receiver, 1880

Telecommunications

1880