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scale with metal stand for Thompson mirror speaking galvanometer, 1858

Telecommunications

1858

Thomson mirror speaking galvanometer, 1858

Telecommunications

1858

Oil lamp base for Thomson mirror speaking galvanometer, 1858

Telecommunications

1858

letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858

Telecommunications

1858-03-02

Thomson's Mirror Galvanometer, 1858

Telecommunications

1858

Thomson's Mirror Marine Galvanometer, 1858

Electricity and Magnetism

1858

Lamp cover for Thompson mirror speaking galvanometer, 1858

Telecommunications

1858

Photoglyphic engraving of fern 'Adiantum capillus-veneris'

Photographs

c1858

Whitehouse's induction coil, 1858

Telecommunications

1858

Lens for narrowing light beam for Thomson mirror speaking galvanometer, 1858

Telecommunications

1858

Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph, 1858

Telecommunications

1858

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

Electricity and Magnetism

1858

Thomson (Lord Kelvin) double curb transmitter, 1858

Telecommunications

1858

Photoglyphic engraving from copper plate of Dandelion seeds, 'Taraxacum officinale', by William Henry Fox Talbot about 1858.

Photoglyphic engraving of dandelion seeds 'Taraxacum officinale'

Photographs

c. 1858

Photoglyphic engraving from a copper plate made by William Henry Fox Talbot of grass stalk, likely 'Deschampsia cespitosa'

Photoglyphic engraving of grass, likely 'Deschampsia cespitosa'

Photographs

c1858

Gorka's Rifles. Mussoree Bataillons

Photographs

c. 1858

'Cable Tree' decorative souvenir of the Transatlantic Cable, 1858

Telecommunications

1858

Ludlow Castle

Photographs

1858

English planisphere, 1858

Astronomy

1858

Pasha and Bayadere

Photographs

1858

Small cable sections from cable 'tree', decorative souvenir of the 1858 Transatlantic submarine telegraph cable, made by George Rapson, England, 1858.

Sections of cable from decorative cable 'tree' souvenir, 1858

Telecommunications

1858

Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph

Telecommunications

1858

Second attack of Sir Colin Campbell

Photographs

1858

Stone slab with seven holes for cosmetic ointments, Egypt, 1991-1786 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1991-1786 BCE

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Square pavement brick from Babylonia (Southern Iraq), 2nd millennium BC.

Building Construction

2000-1001 BCE

The Begum Kotie

Photographs

1858

Calotype print by Nasmyth of lunar crater models and a refracting telescope outside his home in England, 1858

Astronomy

1858

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

A street in Delhi

Photographs

1858

Lord Kelvin's mirror galvanometer with lamp and stand, 1858.

Telecommunications

1858

Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph

Telecommunications

1858

Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE

Injector, live steam injector. designed by Henri Giffard in 1858, sectioned.

giffard live steam injector

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1858

Iron pyrites

Metallurgy

1858

Bronze Bushel measure, engraved: ...."Liberty of St. Ethelred..."

Weighing & Measuring

1858

Arsenical glass. From the Arsenic Works, Hayle, Co

Metallurgy

1858

100x122mm black rectangular union case. 'The Washington Monument, Richmond, VA.' by S Peck & Co. Die-engraver F Goll. Trade paper inside. Design only on one side. Lined with dark red plush with formal motif. Plain oval gilt mat and patterend pinchbeck frame. No frame.

Rectangular Union Case 'The Washington Monument, Richmond VA', by S Peck

Photographs

c. 1858

American Standard Wire Gauge, as originally design

Industrial Metrology

c. 1858

Uterine probe, Playfair, aluminium

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1901-950

Teneriffe Peak

Photographs

1858

Wheatstone's automatic telegraph transmitter, 1858

Telecommunications

1858

Sample of 1858 Atlantic submarine cable with facsi

Telecommunications

1858

Memorial stele to the doorkeepr Ruma

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Snow Harris's wind gauge

Meteorology

1858

Experimental uranium print of seaside

Photographs

August 1858

Bell, bronze, by J. Warner & Sons, London, 1858, in oak frame, incorporating brass label and original builders plaque from The Farm, Sheffield, built 1858 for the Duke of Norfolk and bought by the Midland Railway in 1899, used as railway offices until 1965.

Bronze bell in oak frame

Railway Furniture

1858

Arsenical ore ready for roasting. From the Arsenic

Metallurgy

1858

Bell, West Hartlepool Harbour & Railway Company, embossed 'WHH&Rco Augt 26 1858', cracked, no provenance.

Bell from West Hartlepool Harbour & Railway Company

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

1858