Ramsbottom speed indicator
1860
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Bridge plaque - 1855
1855
John Ellis
1858
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
Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856
1856
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
Bright's bell telegraph, 1855
1855
Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835
1934
Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph, 1858
1858
James Watt and the Steam Engine Print
1860
Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe
1854
Longcase clock, Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works
1857
One of the First Rechargeable Batteries, about 1860
1860
Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858
1857-1858
Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858
1858
Sample of the first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858
1857-1858
Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858
1858-03-02
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
Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858
1858
Novelty model
1955; 1830
England and her Soldiers
1859
Larmuth Loom
circa 1860
Portrait bust of Henry Maudslay
before 1857
William Thomson's marine mirror galvanometer, 1850-1900
1854
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, English civil engineer, mid-19th century.
1860
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century
1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Whitehouse's induction coil, 1858
1858
Telegraph block instrument; Walker's
1855
Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1st Class carriage 'Traveller'
1930 (replica); 1834 (original)
Telegraph block instrument; South Eastern Railway; Walker's patent No. 245
1855
Replica of 16th century German 'Hund' wagon, 1986
1986 (replica); 1501-1600 (original)
Thomson (Lord Kelvin) double curb transmitter, 1858
1858
Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, 1934
1934
Magneto-electrometer, 1857
1857
Bust of James Watt in Parian Ware made by Josiah Wedgwood & Sons from original by E.W. Wyon
after 1859
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Letter to The Atlantic Telegraph Company, 1859
1859
Map of England and Wales jigsaw puzzle
circa 1860
Copy of the Receiver and Alarm Call of Schilling's Electric Telegraph, 1870-1877
1870-1877
Thomson's mirror galvanometer, 1858
1858
Islay shipwreck components
1857
Royal footwarmer, Great Western Railway
1856