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John Ellis

1858

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

1858

Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858

1858

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Purse presented to George Hall esq

1853

Bridge plaque - 1855

1855

Great Western Railway model of 'Iron Duke', 1851

1851

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

1851

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

1857-1858

Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe

1854

The Great Exhibition Polka 1851

1851

Sample of the first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

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

1857-1858

Caricature of an undertaker hoping for cholera, Europe, c. 1854

circa 1854

Caricature showing 'The State Doctor' during a cholera epidemic, Europe, c. 1854

circa 1854

South-East View of Sheffield

1855

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854

1854

Bright's bell telegraph, 1855

1855

Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856

1856

Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858

1858-03-02

Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph, 1858

1858

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Silver presentation whistle and chain, London & South Western Railway

1853

Marble statue of George Stephenson, 1852

1852

Novelty model

1955; 1830

England and her Soldiers

1859

Longcase clock, Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works

1857

William Thomson's marine mirror galvanometer, 1850-1900

1854

Thomson's mirror galvanometer, 1858

1858

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Model of machine for making drain pipes

1851

Telegraph block instrument; South Eastern Railway; Walker's patent No. 245

1855

Model paddle wheel engines of the SS 'Great Eastern'

1853-1857

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

1934

Royal footwarmer, Great Western Railway

1856

Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1st Class carriage 'Traveller'

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Bullion box containing lead shot

1855

Bridge link

1852

Poster advertising lectures on phrenology, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, 1851

1851

Bronze bust of William Stuart

1855

Caricature showing a publican's dilemma during a cholera epidemic, Europe, c. 1854

circa 1854

Sample of 1851 Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

1851

Model of a Power Loom for Plain Weaving

1857

Bust of James Watt in Parian Ware made by Josiah Wedgwood & Sons from original by E.W. Wyon

after 1859

Micrometer type mechanical comparator

1855

Builder's whole, rigged model, of SS 'Great Eastern', 1853-1857

1853-1857

Portrait bust of Henry Maudslay

before 1857

Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement

1705-1737