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Signal Block Bell, South Eastern Railway

1862

Glass pharmacy storage bottle

1864

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

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

1865

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Stirling single locomotive wheel casting pattern, Great Northern Railway

1870

Early binaural stethoscope

1861-1866

Obstetrical forceps

1870s

Model of Grew's locomotive for ice

circa 1861

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Wheatstone receiver (Morse inker), 1867

1867

One of four original Swan and Raven models

1867

One of four original Swan and Raven models used by Froude

1867

Lid for Self Cleansing carbon filter

circa 1861

Writing frame for the blind, Stockholm, Sweden, 1871

1871

Remington 44 Revolver

1863-1865

Aveling and Porter steam traction engine

circa 1871

Atlantic cable specimen, 1865

1865

Lord Kelvin's 'ironclad' marine galvanometer, 1865-1866

1865-1866

Columnar Engine, 1862

1862

Sample of submarine telegraph cable, 1866

1866

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

1865

Silver model of the Eleanor Cross at Charing Cross Station

1867-1868

Operative Society of Bricklayers

1866-1870

'Over London-by Rail', Engraving, London, England, 1872

1872

London & South Western Railway Shark 2-4-0

circa 1868

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Model of the Lowe-Vansittart Screw Propeller Blades

1869

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

1872

Bird cage from Sussex Lunatic Asylum

1872

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Model (scale 1:4) of pair of "Janney" couplings; model (scale 1:8) old pattern couplings

1873

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

London & North Western Railway 'Hardwicke'

1873

Great Northern Railway locomotive Stirling Single

1870

Nameplate, London & North Western Railway - "John Ramsbottom"

1872

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)

Polarized 'guillotine' relay, 1862-1866

1862-1866

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

1934

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

Distinguished Men of Science

1862

Sectional Model of a Beam Engine, 1866.

1866

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

Pioneers of Electric Telegraphy at the British Association

1865

Sample of transatlantic cable, 1865-66

1865-1866