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seal die - Colne Valley and Halstead Railway

1856

Wivenhoe & Brightlingsea Railway

1861

seal die - Bishop Stortford, Dunmow and Braintree railway

1861

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

1876

Bell telephone, mahogany case, 1878

1878

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

1858

Stock Exchange automatic telegraph, 1872-1880

1872-1880

Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858

1858

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

1865-1866

Atlantic cable specimen, 1865

1865

Sample of submarine telegraph cable, 1866

1866

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

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

1857-1858

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

1857-1858

Sample of the first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

One of the First Rechargeable Batteries, about 1860

1860

Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858

1858-03-02

Table chronometer in a gilt-metal and glazed case by Victor Kullburg

1870-1877

Gold watch with tourbillon by Girard Perregaux

1879

Columnar Engine, 1862

1862

John Ellis

1858

Fairlie steam locomotive model

1879

Two copper and zinc chains, France, 1855-1870

1855-1870

Penknife with three blades and a corkscrew, owned by William Marwood: executioner

1870-1880

Signal Block Bell, South Eastern Railway

1862

Crossley table telephone, 1879

1879

Bright's bell telegraph, 1855

1855

Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856

1856

Wheatstone receiver (Morse inker), 1867

1867

Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854

1854

Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph, 1858

1858

Henley needle galvanometer, 1855-1860

1855-1860

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Enamel watch depicting the Virgin and Child

1880

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Compound monocular microscope

1870-1880

Glass pharmacy storage bottle

1864

Obstetrical forceps

1870s

Wine glass possibly used as a culture glass by Joseph Lister

1860-1877

Wine glass possibly used as a culture glass by Joseph Lister

1860-1877

Wine glass possibly used as a culture glass by Joseph Lister

1860-1877

Wine glass

1860-1880

Silver model of the Eleanor Cross at Charing Cross Station

1867-1868

Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe

1854

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Wolferton station master hand lamp

1870-1880

Basin from a pan closet

1860-1870

Islay shipwreck components

1857

Nameplate, London & North Western Railway - "John Ramsbottom"

1872