North Eastern Railway, locomotive 910
1875
John Ellis
1858
Stirling single locomotive wheel casting pattern, Great Northern Railway
1870
Longcase clock, Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works
1857
Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858
1858
Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858
1858
Commemorative spade used to turn the first sod of the River Lee Conservancy's new cutting through Horse Shoe Point
1878
Writing frame for the blind, Stockholm, Sweden, 1871
1871
Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835
1934
Bell telephone, mahogany case, 1878
1878
Aveling and Porter steam traction engine
circa 1871
Edison telephone, 1879
1879
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
Remington 44 Revolver
1863-1865
Bridge plaque - 1855
1855
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
James Watt and the Steam Engine Print
1860
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
Atlantic cable specimen, 1865
1865
Sample of the first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858
1857-1858
Engraving: Watt's first experiment. Marcus Stone ARA pinxt; Herbert Bourne sculpt; published by Appleton & Co
1879
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
Wine glass possibly used as a culture glass by Joseph Lister
1860-1877
Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856
1856
Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858
1858-03-02
Wine glass possibly used as a culture glass by Joseph Lister
1860-1877
Wheatstone receiver (Morse inker), 1867
1867
Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph, 1858
1858
Crossley table telephone, 1879
1879
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Silver model of the Eleanor Cross at Charing Cross Station
1867-1868
London & North Western Railway steam locomotive 'Pet' 0-4-0ST
1865