Builder's whole, rigged model, of SS 'Great Eastern', 1853-1857
1853-1857
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Mousetrap Camera
1834-1836
Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera
1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)
James Watt and the Steam Engine Print
1860
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Skaife's Pistolgraph Camera
1858
Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858
1858
Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858
1858
Model of a Power Loom for Plain Weaving
1857
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Bullion box containing lead shot
1855
Thomson's mirror galvanometer, 1858
1858
'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century
1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Watch made for the 1851 Great Exhibition by Alexander Watkins
1851
Marble statue of George Stephenson, 1852
1852
Chadwick Vertical Steam Engine
1860
Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858
1857-1858
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
John Ellis
1858
Dagron microphotographic camera
circa 1860
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Paddlewheel used by James Joule
c1860
William Thomson's marine mirror galvanometer, 1850-1900
1854
Sample of the first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858
1857-1858
Novelty model
1955; 1830
Sample of 1851 Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851
1851
Bridge link
1852
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
England and her Soldiers
1859
Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854
1854
Royal footwarmer, Great Western Railway
1856
Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858
1857-1858
Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858
1858-03-02
Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851
1851
Bronze bust of William Stuart
1855
Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856
1856
Whitehouse's induction coil, 1858
1858
Map of England and Wales jigsaw puzzle
circa 1860
Islay shipwreck components
1857
Chart of the Atlantic showing proposed course of the Atlantic Cable, 1856-1857
1856-1857
'Thunder pump' magneto-electric device, 1856
1856
Letter to The Atlantic Telegraph Company, 1859
1859
Henley needle galvanometer, 1855-1860
1855-1860
Ramsbottom speed indicator
1860
Child's ceramic alphabet bowl, North Staffordshire Railway
1860
Purse presented to George Hall esq
1853
Grave marker, grave '221'
1860-1920