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North Eastern Railway, locomotive 910

1875

John Ellis

1858

Stirling single locomotive wheel casting pattern, Great Northern Railway

1870

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

1858

Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858

1858

Writing frame for the blind, Stockholm, Sweden, 1871

1871

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Aveling and Porter steam traction engine

circa 1871

model sykes lock and block signalling system

1875

Brass worksplate no 517, Manning Wardle & Co

1875

London & South Western Railway Shark 2-4-0

circa 1868

Two copper and zinc chains, France, 1855-1870

1855-1870

Model of Grew's locomotive for ice

circa 1861

Purse presented to George Hall esq

1853

Remington 44 Revolver

1863-1865

Bridge plaque - 1855

1855

Great Western Railway model of 'Iron Duke', 1851

1851

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

1851

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

1857-1858

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

1865-1866

Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe

1854

The Great Exhibition Polka 1851

1851

Atlantic cable specimen, 1865

1865

Sample of the first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

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

1857-1858

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

1876

Sample of submarine telegraph cable, 1866

1866

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

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

1865

Ramsbottom speed indicator

1860

Signal Block Bell, South Eastern Railway

1862

Henley needle galvanometer, 1855-1860

1855-1860

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 receiver (Morse inker), 1867

1867

Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph, 1858

1858

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Silver model of the Eleanor Cross at Charing Cross Station

1867-1868

Silver presentation whistle and chain, London & South Western Railway

1853

Marble statue of George Stephenson, 1852

1852

London & North Western Railway steam locomotive 'Pet' 0-4-0ST

1865

Operative Society of Bricklayers

1866-1870

Drawing, design for a mirror back / unsigned

1870-1875