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

1865

Model of Grew's locomotive for ice

circa 1861

Ramsbottom speed indicator

1860

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

1865

Longcase clock, Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works

1857

Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858

1858

Atlantic cable specimen, 1865

1865

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

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

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

1857-1858

Lid for Self Cleansing carbon filter

circa 1861

One of the First Rechargeable Batteries, about 1860

1860

Remington 44 Revolver

1863-1865

Signal Block Bell, South Eastern Railway

1862

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph, 1858

1858

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Glass pharmacy storage bottle

1864

Novelty model

1955; 1830

England and her Soldiers

1859

Columnar Engine, 1862

1862

John Ellis

1858

James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858

1858-03-02

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

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

1860

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Telegraph block instrument; Walker's

1865

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

after 1859

Map of England and Wales jigsaw puzzle

circa 1860

Child's ceramic alphabet bowl, North Staffordshire Railway

1860

Thomson's mirror galvanometer, 1858

1858

Whitehouse's induction coil, 1858

1858

Thomson (Lord Kelvin) double curb transmitter, 1858

1858

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Tables of lifetimes, annuities, and premiums

1864

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Writing machine for blind people, United Kingdom, 1862

1862

Paddlewheel used by James Joule

c1860

Sample of Bessemer Steel

1860

Portrait bust of Henry Maudslay

before 1857

Larmuth Loom

circa 1860

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