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

1899

Coherer, narrow-bore glass tube, 1894-1904

1894-1904

Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

1851

Filings coherer, small glass tube with bulb at one end, 1894-1904

1894-1904

Experimental transmitting ‘jigger’ used by the Marconi Company, 1899

1899

Cooke and Wheatstone's four needle telegraph, 1838

1838

Spiral spring coherer, 1890-1894

1890-1894

Single needle telegraph, 1846

1846

Murray multiplex tape transmitter, 1910-1920

1910-1920

Sample of submarine telegraph cable, 1866

1866

Cooke and Wheatstone double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

Filings coherer, glass tube with side-pocket attached to mounting bracket, 1894-1904

1894-1904

Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

Keyboard for transmitting telegraphic messages, 1845-1851

1845-1851

Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

Billi condenser used for aerial tuning in Newfoundland, 1901

1901

Scientific Researches! - New Discoveries in Pneumaticks! - or, an Experimental Lecture on the Powers of Air

1802

Filings coherer, Lodge-Muirhead system, 1900-1910

1900-1910

Hertzian receiving resonator, 1890-1894

1890-1894

Wheatstone automatic tape transmitter, 1840-1860

1840-1860

Machine used for covering wires with silk and cotton, 1837

1837

Cooke and Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

Filings coherer, glass tube curved into near U-shape at one end with coil winding at other end, 1894-1904

1894-1904

Coherer, with several needles in contact with crystal, 1894-1904

1894-1904

Sample of the first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

Filing coherer, glass tube, fitted on to mounting bracket with terminals, 1894-1904

1894-1904

Filings coherer, Lodge-Muirhead system, 1900-1910

1900-1910

Hertzian oscillator, 1890-1894

1890-1894

Moving magnet galvanometer with dial inscribed "Greenwich Mean Time", 1843-1897

1843-1897

Filings coherer, small glass tube with bulb at one end and cap of red sealing wax at other end, 1898

1898

Filings coherer, glass tube bent into U-shape at one end, 1894-1904

1894-1904

Gold watch by John Gibson, Royal Exchange

1808

Gold watch with later gold movement

1818-1900

Spring-detent escapement watch in a gold case by Reid & Co. London

1807

Model of a pendulum clock based on Galileo's design

1921

Watch with Prest's keyless winding by John Roger Arnold

1821

Wax portrait of Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy (1780 – 1854)

1851

Wax portrait of George Atkins (1766 – 1855) by Richard Cockle Lucas

1852

Skeleton clock with helical gearing by Charles McDowall

1820-1840

Table chronometer in a gilt-metal and glazed case by Victor Kullburg

1870-1877

Gold watch by Recordon

1807

Silver one-minute tourbillon watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet, sold to the Princess de Valençay in 1812.

1812

Marine chronometer by Charles Young

1801-1900

English lever escapement watch with Karrusel by S Smith and Son

1897

A Royal watch by Samuel Houston

1807

Gold watch by Robert Roskell

1814

Marine chronometer by John Arnold

1802

Silver kettle presented to Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy (1780 – 1854)

1849

Rolling ball clock by E. Dent and Co

1920

Eight-day marine chronometer by Barrauds, London

1816