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scale with metal stand for Thompson mirror speaking galvanometer, 1858

Telecommunications

1858

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

Telecommunications

1865-1867

Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856

Telecommunications

1856

submarine cable laid across the River Medina, 1878

Telecommunications

1878

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

Radio Communication

1905

selector switch, 1903

Telecommunications

1903

Portable double-needle telegraph and test set, 1850

Telecommunications

1850

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

Railways

1860

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

Radio Communication

1875-1880

polarized 'guillotine' relay, 1862-1866

Telecommunications

1862-1866

Model pipe with funnel top

Domestic Appliances

1895

Experimental microphone, 1878-1890

Telecommunications

1878-1890

Early submarine cables and grapnel, 1858-1866.

Telecommunications

1858-1866

Drawing frame

Textile Industry

1901

Bas-relief head and shoulders of Guglielmo Marconi, 1903

Radio Communication

1903

Royal footwarmer, Great Western Railway

Passenger Comforts

1856

Receiving ‘jigger’ used by the Marconi Company, 1898

Radio Communication

1898

letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858

Telecommunications

1858-03-02

The Atlantic Telegraph, broadsheet, 1866

Telecommunications

1866

Ring transformer, 1892

Telecommunications

1892

Billi condenser used for aerial tuning in Newfoundland, 1901

Radio Communication

1901

Billi condenser used for aerial tuning in Newfoundland, 1901

Radio Communication

1901

Wine glass possibly used as a culture glass by Joseph Lister

Microbiology

1860-1877

Sinclair line selector automatic switch board, 1880-1890

Telecommunications

1880-1890

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

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1870-1909

Glass pharmacy storage bottle

Medical Glass-ware

1864

Penny Farthing Bicycle

Road Transport

1880-1890

Gold lever watch by George Blackie

Clockmakers

1873

Medicine chest used by Teddy Roosevelt.

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1909

Edison telephone peg switchboard and pegs, 1879

Telecommunications

1879

Green tin of sulpho-chromic catgut ligatures

Surgery

1876-1900

'Thunder pump' magneto-electric device, 1856

Telecommunications

1856

Gooch centrepiece, 1872

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1872

Model smokebox

Domestic Appliances

1895

powdered graphite microphone, 1878-1890

Telecommunications

1878-1890

Model demonstrating different types of eye sight, Europe, 1880-1900

Ophthalmology

1880-1900

Powdered graphite microphone, 1878-1890

Telecommunications

1878-1890

One of four original Swan and Raven models used by

Froude

1867

replica of Bell's 1876 'iron-box' receiver, 1959

Telecommunications

1876

Print, 'Launching Buoy' scene on "Great Eastern" during the laying of the first Atlantic cable, 1865-1867

Telecommunications

1865-1867

Platt Brothers Notice

Textile Industry

1898

Lead weight marked 'Reid' from the first cross-Channel telegraph cable, 1850.

Telecommunications

1850

Trademark printint block

Textile Industry

1880-1910

Drawing frame

Textile Industry

1901

Zither switch with open-wire multiple and two-motion ratchet drive, 1894

Telecommunications

1894

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

Telecommunications

1865-1867

Whitehouse's induction coil, 1858

Telecommunications

1858

Strowger calling dial, 1900

Telecommunications

1900

Cloth, dark blue and cream check

Textile Industry

1900

Lamp cover for Thompson mirror speaking galvanometer, 1858

Telecommunications

1858