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Model of Jenning's patent water closet, England, 1895-1905

Public Health & Hygiene

1895-1905

scale with metal stand for Thompson mirror speaking galvanometer, 1858

Telecommunications

1858

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

Computing & Data Processing

1871

Thomson mirror speaking galvanometer, 1858

Telecommunications

1858

Portable double-needle telegraph and test set, 1850

Telecommunications

1850

Brass amulet to protect the wearer from cholera, France, 1820-1880

Wellcome Medals

1820-1880

three-nail microphone, 1875-1880

Telecommunications

1875-1880

Paul F Gachet's door plate, France, 1870-1909

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1870-1909

Sample of 1851 Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

Telecommunications

1851

Slide rule for exchange of weights and measures

Mathematics

1815

Coherer with coarse brass turnings, 1894

Radio Communication

1894

Filings coherer, glass tube formed into T-shape at one end and bent round into U-shape at other end with bulb, 1899

Radio Communication

1899

printing block

Textile Industry

c.1840

Braiding Machine

Textile Industry

c.1900

Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

Telecommunications

1851

Intermediate frame

Textile Industry

1907

Bell telephone, mahogany case, 1878

Telecommunications

1878

sample of 1865 transatlantic cable (shore end), 1865

Telecommunications

1865

Platt Brothers Notice

Textile Industry

1899

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

Telecommunications

1857-1858

Lancashire Loom

Textile Industry

c. 1880

Huskisson Memorial

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1831

Cloth tape measure

Hand and Machine Tools

1850-1860

Half-penny coin

Textile Industry

1806

Shutt End Colliery Railway steam locomotive 'Agenoria' 0-4-0, 1829

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1829

Brake composite/observation saloon

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1897

South Eastern & Chatham Railway Class D 4-4-0 steam locomotive No 737

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1901

Steam locomotive, named Lode Star, Great Western Railway

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1907

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

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1834

Bo-Bo No 1

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1902

Hank Winding Machine

Textile Industry

1897

Ribbon loom with jacquard head

Textile Industry

c. 1900

borough market junction signal box

Signalling & Telecommunications

1895

William Thomson's marine mirror galvanometer, 1850-1900

Telecommunications

1854

Bullion box containing lead shot

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1855

Jacquard hand loom

Textile Industry

c. 1910

Architect's model of S&J Watts' warehouse

Textile Industry

1850-1856

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

Telecommunications

1850

Felt and Tarrant Comptometer, 1887.

Mathematics

c. 1900

Great Western Railway locomotive headlamp

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1897

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

Telecommunications

1865-1867

Machine used for covering wires with silk and cotton, 1837

Textiles Machinery

1837

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

Archive

1850-1859

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

Telecommunications

1865-1867

stock exchange automatic telegraph, 1872-1880

Telecommunications

1872-1880

Embossing telegraph receiver 1878-1900

Telecommunications

1878-1900

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

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1874

Le Prince Single-lens Cine Camera

Cinematography

1888

National Telephone Company directory, 1898-1899

Telecommunications

1898-1899

Experimental form 1 (Licence to use Wireless Telegraph), 1905

Radio Communication

1905