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Early submarine cables and grapnel, 1858-1866.

Telecommunications

1858-1866

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

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

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

Model of human eye

Anatomy & Pathology

1870

William Thomson's marine mirror galvanometer, 1850-1900

Telecommunications

1854

Lancashire Loom

Textile Industry

c. 1880

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

Glass flask containing urine

Microbiology

1865-1877

Model of the ‘Optimus’ water closet, England

Domestic Appliances

1870

polarized 'guillotine' relay, 1862-1866

Telecommunications

1862-1866

Wax portrait of Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy (1780 – 1854)

Clockmakers

1851

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, English civil engineer, mid-19th century.

Railways

1860

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

Writing machine for blind people, United Kingdom, 1862

Printing & Writing

1862

Crossley telephone receiver, 1880

Telecommunications

1880

Robert Dudgeon’s sphygmograph

Clinical Diagnosis

1876

Carbolic steam spray used by Joseph Lister

Surgery

1866-1870

Saw bench

Hand and Machine Tools

1879

Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1854

Royal footwarmer, Great Western Railway

Passenger Comforts

1856

letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858

Telecommunications

1858-03-02

Oil lamp base for Thomson mirror speaking galvanometer, 1858

Telecommunications

1858

Reis telephone transmitter, 1863

Telecommunications

1863

Thomson's Mirror Galvanometer, 1858

Telecommunications

1858

The Atlantic Telegraph, broadsheet, 1866

Telecommunications

1866

Geometrical Groin Vault, string surface model

Mathematics

1872

Wine glass possibly used as a culture glass by Joseph Lister

Microbiology

1860-1877

Glass pharmacy storage bottle

Medical Glass-ware

1864

Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.

Telecommunications

1850

Gooch centrepiece, 1872

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1872

Gold lever watch by George Blackie

Clockmakers

1873

Edison telephone peg switchboard and pegs, 1879

Telecommunications

1879