Bridge plaque - 1855
1855
Longcase clock, Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works
1857
Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858
1858
Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858
1858-03-02
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
John Ellis
1858
Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858
1857-1858
Sample of the first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858
1857-1858
Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858
1857-1858
Novelty model
1955; 1830
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Bright's bell telegraph, 1855
1855
Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856
1856
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835
1934
Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph, 1858
1858
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854
1854
England and her Soldiers
1859
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Telegraph block instrument; South Eastern Railway; Walker's patent No. 245
1855
Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1st Class carriage 'Traveller'
1930 (replica); 1834 (original)
Islay shipwreck components
1857
William Thomson's marine mirror galvanometer, 1850-1900
1854
Thomson's mirror galvanometer, 1858
1858
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
Model of a Power Loom for Plain Weaving
1857
Portrait bust of Henry Maudslay
before 1857
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Letter to The Atlantic Telegraph Company, 1859
1859
Chart of the Atlantic showing proposed course of the Atlantic Cable, 1856-1857
1856-1857
'Thunder pump' magneto-electric device, 1856
1856
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
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)
Micrometer type mechanical comparator
1855
Skaife's Pistolgraph Camera
1858
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
Royal footwarmer, Great Western Railway
1856
Thomson (Lord Kelvin) double curb transmitter, 1858
1858
Whitehouse's induction coil, 1858
1858
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE