Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858
1857-1858
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856
1856
Sample of the first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858
1857-1858
Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858
1858-03-02
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835
1934
Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858
1857-1858
Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph, 1858
1858
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Bridge plaque - 1855
1855
Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe
1854
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
Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858
1858
Novelty model
1955; 1830
Longcase clock, Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works
1857
Bright's bell telegraph, 1855
1855
Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858
1858
John Ellis
1858
Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854
1854
England and her Soldiers
1859
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Letter to The Atlantic Telegraph Company, 1859
1859
Copy of the Receiver and Alarm Call of Schilling's Electric Telegraph, 1870-1877
1870-1877
Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, 1934
1934
Magneto-electrometer, 1857
1857
William Thomson's marine mirror galvanometer, 1850-1900
1854
Thomson's mirror galvanometer, 1858
1858
Islay shipwreck components
1857
Royal footwarmer, Great Western Railway
1856
Bullion box containing lead shot
1855
Bronze bust of William Stuart
1855
Caricature showing a publican's dilemma during a cholera epidemic, Europe, c. 1854
circa 1854
Chart of the Atlantic showing proposed course of the Atlantic Cable, 1856-1857
1856-1857
Whitehouse's induction coil, 1858
1858
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Model of a Power Loom for Plain Weaving
1857
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Bust of James Watt in Parian Ware made by Josiah Wedgwood & Sons from original by E.W. Wyon
after 1859
Model of the "Planet" Locomotive
1830 (original); 1967 (model)
Telegraph block instrument; South Eastern Railway; Walker's patent No. 245
1855
Skaife's Pistolgraph Camera
1858
Thomson (Lord Kelvin) double curb transmitter, 1858
1858
'Thunder pump' magneto-electric device, 1856
1856
Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1st Class carriage 'Traveller'
1930 (replica); 1834 (original)
'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century
1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)