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Pedometer by Spencer & Perkins

1775-1794

Engraving of a demonstration to compare lightning conductor designs

1778-1780

seal die - Colchester, Stour valley, Sudbury and Halstead Railway

1846

Railway uniform button, East Lancashire Railway

1845-1859

Mahogany cross-piece for an air pump

1761

George III's Magdeburg hemispheres

1761

George III's inclined plane and Horse-way

1762

George III's compound engine

1762

George III's model crriage body

1762

Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.

1763

Mahogany board with round ends and two short brass pillars

1761

Two brass pillars for an air pump

1761

George III's clockwork bell

1761

George III's double-barrelled air pump

1761

Thomson's mirror galvanometer, 1858

1858

'Thunder pump' magneto-electric device, 1856

1856

Letter to The Atlantic Telegraph Company, 1859

1859

William Thomson's marine mirror galvanometer, 1850-1900

1854

Oersted Compass Needle, 1828

1828

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

1934

Chart of the Atlantic showing proposed course of the Atlantic Cable, 1856-1857

1856-1857

Lead weight marked 'Reid' from the first cross-Channel telegraph cable, 1850.

1850

Sample of 1851 Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

1851

Printing telegraph receiver, 1845-1851

1845-1851

Copy of the Receiver and Alarm Call of Schilling's Electric Telegraph, 1870-1877

1870-1877

Repeating watch movement by Vulliamy

1800

Watch with spring detent escapement by John Arnold and Son

1788

Half-quarter repeating gold watch by Mudge and Dutton

1791

Terrestrial globe by John and William Cary, London

1790-1794

Gold watch with the owner's name in place of hour numbers, by William Hardy

1820

Gold minute repeating watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1784

Gold watch made for Queen Amelie of France by Henri Motel

circa 1840

Quarter-repeating gold watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1801-1819

Deck-watch used by Capt. William Parry during his attempt to reach the North Pole, 1827

1823

Gold watch with spring detent escapement by Ellicott and Taylor

1815

Gold and enamel half-quarter repeater watch by Brockbanks

1812

Watch in an enamel case by Herbeau

1775-1800

Marine chronometer by Charles Shepherd

1840-1850

Mail guard watch by George Littlewort

1825

Watch with chaff-cutter escapement by John Grant

1804

Enamelled watch by Dimier

1830-1850

Gold watch by Raymont

1772

Gold lever escapement watch by John Leroux

1785

Larmuth Loom

circa 1860

Watch in a puddingstone, gold and diamond case by John Leroux

1775-1785

Watch and compass by Benjamin Webb

1799

Bracelet watch by Broillal

1795-1805

Gold and enamel watch by Mudge and Dutton

1760-1780

Gold and enamel pair cased watch by Justin Vulliamy

1775

Parts from a constant-force escapement by Thomas Mudge

1785