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Queen Victoria's Saloon

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1869

Babbage's Analytical Engine, 1834-1871. (Trial model)

Computing & Data Processing

1871

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

Gustave Doré

1872

Aveling and Porter steam traction engine

Road Transport

c.1871

Carbolic steam spray used by Joseph Lister

Surgery

1866-1870

Steam locomotive, 'Beattie Well Tank'

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1874

Thompson's Revolver Camera

Photographs

1862

London Brighton & South Coast Railway locomotive Boxhill

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1880

London & North Western Railway 'Hardwicke'

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1873

A steam hammer at work

James Hall Nasmyth

1871

Thomson's (Lord Kelvin) First Tide Predicting Machine, 1876

Geophysics

1876

Hindu astrolabe

Astronomy

1870

Edison telephone, 1879

Telecommunications

1879

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

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1874

Bell transmitter with membrane diaphragm, 1875-1877

Telecommunications

1875-1877

Model of the ‘Optimus’ water closet, England

Domestic Appliances

1870

Great Northern Railway locomotive Stirling Single

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1870

Swan electric lamp

Lighting

1878-1879

Edison carbon button transmitter No. 32, 1878

Telecommunications

1878

Improved Patent Magneto Electric Machine for nervous diseases

Therapeutics

1862

North Eastern Railway locomotive Aerolite

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1869

Edison's electric carbon filament lamp

Lighting

1879
Bridge notice, Midland Railway, signed James Williams, 1875, white letters on red

Notice, Midland Railway

Railway Infrastructure

1875

Distinguished Men of Science

Elizabeth Walker

1862

Lancashire Loom

Textile Industry

c. 1880

Geometrical Groin Vault, string surface model

Mathematics

1872

Jones 50-line switchboard, 1879.

Telecommunications

1879

Hughes microphone detector, 1865-1875

Radio Communication

1865-1875

One of four original Swan and Raven models used by Froude

Froude

1867

Bell telephone, mahogany case, 1878

Telecommunications

1878

Croll Testimonial silver gilt fountain, Parcel-gilt Victorian silver rosewater fountain designed as a table centrepiece

Temporary Exhibitions

1870

Pair of Bell telephones, 1878

Telecommunications

1878

Set of six test tubes with stand, used by Joseph Lister

Microbiology

1875-1878

Isle of Man Railway "Pender" Locomotive

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1873

English-built 'boneshaker' bicycle

Road Transport

1865-1870

Charles Darwin

Elliott & Fry

1870-1879

Crossley telephone receiver, 1880

Telecommunications

1880

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

Radio Communication

1875-1880

Robert Dudgeon’s sphygmograph

Clinical Diagnosis

1876

Copy of the receiver and alarm call of Schilling's electric telegraph, 1870-1877

Telecommunications

1870-1877

Gooch centrepiece, 1872

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1872

Compound monocular microscope

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1870-1880

'Iago - study from an Italian'

Photographs

1867

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

Telecommunications

1865-1867

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

Telecommunications

1865-1867

Packet of 36 vaccination points for smallpox vaccination used at Pimlico Station, London, England, 1873

Public Health & Hygiene

1873

stock exchange automatic telegraph, 1872-1880

Telecommunications

1872-1880

Glass flask containing urine

Microbiology

1865-1877

Submarine cable laid across the River Medina, Isle of Wight, 1878

Telecommunications

1878

Print, 'Launching Buoy' scene on "Great Eastern" during the laying of the first Atlantic cable, 1865-1867

Telecommunications

1865-1867