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Date

Column dial by Henry Robert

1831-1870

James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

Charles Green Aeronaut

1836

Hand loom

1825-1835

Half-penny coin

1806

East Indiaman Herefordshire

1815

Architect's model of S&J Watts' warehouse

1850-1856

Colour lithograph of the S.S. 'Great Eastern'

1850-1859

Great Western Railway model of 'Iron Duke', 1851

1851

great north of england railway bye laws notice

1842

Model of the Lowe-Vansittart Screw Propeller Blades

1869

Henley needle galvanometer, 1855-1860

1855-1860

Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

1851

Ready reckoner for ship's cargoes

1807

Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845

1845

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

1857-1858

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Pair of dental forceps

1820-1855

Wheatstone automatic tape transmitter, 1840-1860

1840-1860

Wine glass possibly used as a culture glass by Joseph Lister

1860-1877

Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856

1856

Stipple-engraved portrait of Benjamin Martin

1815

The Great Exhibition Polka 1851

1851

Atlantic cable specimen, 1865

1865

Sample of the first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858

1858-03-02

Magnetic key, 1850-1870

1850-1870

A.B.C. telegraph transmitter, 1835-1845

1835-1845

Morse key, 1850-1870.

1850-1870

Wine glass possibly used as a culture glass by Joseph Lister

1860-1877

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Single-needle telegraph by W. F. Cooke, 1840-1860

1840-1860

Phrenological (Spreading) Calipers

1820-1850

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

1857-1858

Replica of Bell's 1876 'iron-box' receiver, 1959

1876

Single needle telegraph, 1846

1846

Gordon universal type dental forceps

1835-1870

Sample of submarine telegraph cable, 1866

1866

Wheatstone receiver (Morse inker), 1867

1867

Wheatstone printing telegraph, 1841

1841

Machine used for covering wires with silk and cotton, 1837

1837

Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph, 1858

1858

Bell telephone, mahogany case, 1878

1878

Lithograph, Chronological pictures of English History

1850-1859

Purse presented to George Hall esq

1853

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

1865

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Silver model of the Eleanor Cross at Charing Cross Station

1867-1868

Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849

1849