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Bridge plaque - 1855

1855

London & North Western Railway steam locomotive 'Pet' 0-4-0ST

1865

Ramsbottom speed indicator

1860

Longcase clock, Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works

1857

Lid for Self Cleansing carbon filter

circa 1861

Cast iron plaque from Queenstown Road Bridge, Battersea, London, 1865

1865

Model of Grew's locomotive for ice

circa 1861

John Ellis

1858

James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858

1858-03-02

South-East View of Sheffield

1855

Henley needle galvanometer, 1855-1860

1855-1860

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

1857-1858

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

1858

Bright's bell telegraph, 1855

1855

Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856

1856

Atlantic cable specimen, 1865

1865

Sample of the first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

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

1857-1858

Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph, 1858

1858

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Glass pharmacy storage bottle

1864

Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858

1858

Novelty model

1955; 1830

England and her Soldiers

1859

One of the First Rechargeable Batteries, about 1860

1860

Remington 44 Revolver

1863-1865

Columnar Engine, 1862

1862

Signal Block Bell, South Eastern Railway

1862

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)

Cornwall Railway Safety Rattle

1855-1865

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Child's ceramic alphabet bowl, North Staffordshire Railway

1860

Larmuth Loom

circa 1860

Map of England and Wales jigsaw puzzle

circa 1860

earthenware commemorative plate displaying the company seal of the Hull & Hornsea Railway

1860

Telegraph block instrument; Walker's

1865

Telegraph block instrument; South Eastern Railway; Walker's patent No. 245

1855

Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1st Class carriage 'Traveller'

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Bullion box containing lead shot

1855

Islay shipwreck components

1857

Bust of James Watt in Parian Ware made by Josiah Wedgwood & Sons from original by E.W. Wyon

after 1859

Portrait bust of Henry Maudslay

before 1857

Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement

1705-1737

Copy of the Receiver and Alarm Call of Schilling's Electric Telegraph, 1870-1877

1870-1877

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

1860

Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, 1934

1934