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Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

John Ellis

1858

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph, 1858

1858

Longcase clock, Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works

1857

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

1857-1858

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

1858

Sample of the first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858

1858-03-02

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

1857-1858

Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858

1858

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Portrait bust of Henry Maudslay

before 1857

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Whitehouse's induction coil, 1858

1858

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Replica of 16th century German 'Hund' wagon, 1986

1986 (replica); 1501-1600 (original)

Thomson (Lord Kelvin) double curb transmitter, 1858

1858

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

1934

Magneto-electrometer, 1857

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

Thomson's mirror galvanometer, 1858

1858

Islay shipwreck components

1857

Model of a Power Loom for Plain Weaving

1857

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

Wood tobacco pipe

1860-1820

Oesophageal forceps Durham's

1871-1830

Drawing of old York Railway Station

1858

Experimental uranium print of seaside

August 1858

Two silver Crimea medals

1857-1858

Bronze prize medal awarded by Vienna Academy of Medicine and Surgery

1832-1850

Medal, silver, octagonal

1857

Second China Medal

1857

Medal, silver, octagonal

1857

Alabaster kohl pot

2000-1350

Walker's Railway Time Table, and Coach, Omnibus and Carriers' List

1883-01

Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements

1972-3

Frog's foot specimen prepared by Joseph Lister

1857

door knocker from the Great Hall of Lewis's Department Store

1870-1800

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

Shell used as Ink and Paint Well, Egypt, 3000 BCE

3000 BCE

Small specimen of the 1857 Atlantic telegraph cable

1857