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Early submarine cables and grapnel, 1858-1866.

Telecommunications

1858-1866

Intermediate frame

Textile Industry

1907

Hank Winding Machine

Textile Industry

1897

Bo-Bo No 1

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1902

Steam locomotive, named Lode Star, Great Western Railway

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1907

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

Ribbon loom with jacquard head

Textile Industry

c. 1900

borough market junction signal box

Signalling & Telecommunications

1895

Bullion box containing lead shot

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1855

Architect's model of S&J Watts' warehouse

Textile Industry

1850-1856

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

Bell telephone, mahogany case, 1878

Telecommunications

1878

Braiding Machine

Textile Industry

c.1900

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

Brake composite/observation saloon

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1897

scale with metal stand for Thompson mirror speaking galvanometer, 1858

Telecommunications

1858

Cast iron Columbian printing press

Printing & Writing

c.1850

Water pipe from Water Street, Manchester

Water Supply & Sanitation

1890-1899

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

Jacquard hand loom

Textile Industry

c. 1910

Platt Brothers Notice

Textile Industry

1899

Brunton-type auriscope

Clinical Diagnosis

1874-1914

stock exchange automatic telegraph, 1872-1880

Telecommunications

1872-1880

Ford Model T car

Road Transport

1912

Anatomical model of the spine

Anatomy & Pathology

1901

Model of human eye

Anatomy & Pathology

1870

Clockwork picture showing a tooth extraction, France, 1850-1909

Dentistry

1850-1909

William Thomson's marine mirror galvanometer, 1850-1900

Telecommunications

1854

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

Single-lens Cine Camera by Louis Le Prince

Cinematography

1888

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

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1901

Embossing telegraph receiver 1878-1900

Telecommunications

1878-1900

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

Telecommunications

1860-1866

Green glass Woulfe bottle, Europe, 1851-1900

Laboratory Medicine

1851-1900

Lenses from the Finsen lamp

Therapeutics

1890-1900

Gentleman’s toilet case, Europe, 1837-1901

Domestic Appliances

1837-1901

Morse sounder, 1835-1910

Telecommunications

1835-1910

Life size female anatomical figure

Anatomy & Pathology

1895-1905

Artificial leg made for a child, England, 1903

Orthopaedics

1903

Belsize two-seater motor car

Road Transport

c. 1912