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three-nail microphone, 1875-1880

Telecommunications

1875-1880

Coherer with coarse brass turnings, 1894

Radio Communication

1894

Filings coherer, glass tube formed into T-shape at one end and bent round into U-shape at other end with bulb, 1899

Radio Communication

1899

Braiding Machine

Textile Industry

c.1900

Platt Brothers Notice

Textile Industry

1899

Lancashire Loom

Textile Industry

c. 1880

Brake composite/observation saloon

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1897

Hank Winding Machine

Textile Industry

1897

Ribbon loom with jacquard head

Textile Industry

c. 1900

borough market junction signal box

Signalling & Telecommunications

1895

Felt and Tarrant Comptometer, 1887.

Mathematics

c. 1900

Great Western Railway locomotive headlamp

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1897

X-ray tube

X-rays

1895-1899

NER 0-6-0 '1001' class steam locomotive and tender, No 1275, 1874

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1874

Le Prince Single-lens Cine Camera

Cinematography

1888

Bell telephone, mahogany case, 1878

Telecommunications

1878

Embossing telegraph receiver 1878-1900

Telecommunications

1878-1900

Print, 'Searching Fault' scene on 'Great Eastern' during the laying of the first Atlantic cable, 1865-1867

Telecommunications

1865-1867

stock exchange automatic telegraph, 1872-1880

Telecommunications

1872-1880

Print, 'Interior Tanks', a scene on 'Great Eastern' during the laying of the first Atlantic cable, 1865-1867

Telecommunications

1865-1867

Marey's Camera for phronophotography

Wellcome (general)

1882

Two dried plant specimens labelled anemone alpina

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1883

Dried specimen of prenanthes purpurea

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1883

Silver thimble, used to pass a current through the 1866 Transatlantic cable, 1860-1866

Telecommunications

1860-1866

Hyperbolic Paraboloid String Surface Model

Mathematics

1872

Conoid surface model

Mathematics

1872

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

Electronic Components

1889

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

Electronic Components

1889

'The Horse in Motion'

Photographs

1882

Spark gap or knob coherer, 1889

Radio Communication

1889

polarized 'guillotine' relay, 1862-1866

Telecommunications

1862-1866

Experimental microphone, 1878-1890

Telecommunications

1878-1890

Clockwork interruptor, once owned by David Hughes, 1875-1880

Radio Communication

1875-1880

Model of the ‘Optimus’ water closet, England

Domestic Appliances

1870

Silk skirt and blouse dyed with Perkin's Mauve Aniline Dye

Industrial Chemistry

1862-1863

submarine cable laid across the River Medina, 1878

Telecommunications

1878

National Telephone Company directory, 1898-1899

Telecommunications

1898-1899

Pioneers of Electric Telegraphy at the British Association

Telecommunications

1865

Writing machine for blind people, United Kingdom, 1862

Printing & Writing

1862

Crossley telephone receiver, 1880

Telecommunications

1880

Wall telephone with Blake transmitter, 1880-1900

Telecommunications

1880-1900

Rudge 'ordinary' or 'penny farthing' bicycle

Road Transport

1884

Carding engine

Textile Industry

1896

Steam locomotive, number 245

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1897

Steam locomotive, number 673

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1897

Midland Railway composite carriage

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1885

Strowger step-by-step automatic telephone exchange switch, 1897-1898

Telecommunications

1897-1898

Reis telephone transmitter, 1863

Telecommunications

1863

The Atlantic Telegraph, broadsheet, 1866

Telecommunications

1866

Receiving ‘jigger’ used by the Marconi Company, 1898

Radio Communication

1898