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James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

Architect's model of S&J Watts' warehouse

1850-1856

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

1850-1859

Signal Block Bell, South Eastern Railway

1862

Henley needle galvanometer, 1855-1860

1855-1860

Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

1851

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

Stock Exchange automatic telegraph, 1872-1880

1872-1880

Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854

1854

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

1858

Edison telephone, 1879

1879

Bright's bell telegraph, 1855

1855

Wine glass possibly used as a culture glass by Joseph Lister

1860-1877

Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856

1856

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

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

1865-1866

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

Stroh's type-printer for Wheatstone ABC communicator, 1870-1881

1870-1881

Engraving: Watt's first experiment. Marcus Stone ARA pinxt; Herbert Bourne sculpt; published by Appleton & Co

1879

Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.

1850

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

1857-1858

Henley's magneto electric double needle telegraph, 1848-1852

1848-1852

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

1876

Single needle telegraph, 1846

1846

Sample of submarine telegraph cable, 1866

1866

Wheatstone receiver (Morse inker), 1867

1867

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

Crossley table telephone, 1879

1879

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Model steam locomotive

1882

Silver model of the Eleanor Cross at Charing Cross Station

1867-1868

Cooke's train signalling instrument of 1845, Norfolk Railway

1845

Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849

1849

Bridge plaque - 1855

1855

Down Pipe from Maldon Witham & Braintree Railway

1846-1859

Single-needle block instrument

1845

Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe

1854