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Model of Grew's locomotive for ice

circa 1861

Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858

1858

Skaife's Pistolgraph Camera

1858

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Ramsbottom speed indicator

1860

Wivenhoe & Brightlingsea Railway

1861

seal die - Bishop Stortford, Dunmow and Braintree railway

1861

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

John Ellis

1858

Dagron microphotographic camera

circa 1860

Lid for Self Cleansing carbon filter

circa 1861

England and her Soldiers

1859

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

1858

Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph, 1858

1858

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

One of the First Rechargeable Batteries, about 1860

1860

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Longcase clock, Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works

1857

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

1857-1858

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

1857-1858

Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858

1858-03-02

Sample of the first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

Novelty model

1955; 1830

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

1934

Whitehouse's induction coil, 1858

1858

Islay shipwreck components

1857

Child's ceramic alphabet bowl, North Staffordshire Railway

1860

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Paddlewheel used by James Joule

c1860

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

1705-1737

Thomson's mirror galvanometer, 1858

1858

Thomson (Lord Kelvin) double curb transmitter, 1858

1858

Letter to The Atlantic Telegraph Company, 1859

1859

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1860

Larmuth Loom

circa 1860

Model of a Power Loom for Plain Weaving

1857

Magneto-electrometer, 1857

1857

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

1870-1877

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB

1990-95

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Zoetrope strip: No 11, Fish and Fowl

1860s

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

Brewster Pattern Stereoscope

1860

Dry Collodion Plate Camera

circa 1860