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John Ellis

1858

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

1858

Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858

1858

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Bridge plaque - 1855

1855

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

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

South-East View of Sheffield

1855

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 written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858

1858-03-02

Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph, 1858

1858

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Novelty model

1955; 1830

England and her Soldiers

1859

Longcase clock, Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works

1857

Thomson's mirror galvanometer, 1858

1858

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Telegraph block instrument; South Eastern Railway; Walker's patent No. 245

1855

Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, 1934

1934

Royal footwarmer, Great Western Railway

1856

Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1st Class carriage 'Traveller'

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Bullion box containing lead shot

1855

Bronze bust of William Stuart

1855

Model of a Power Loom for Plain Weaving

1857

Bust of James Watt in Parian Ware made by Josiah Wedgwood & Sons from original by E.W. Wyon

after 1859

Micrometer type mechanical comparator

1855

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

Copy of the Receiver and Alarm Call of Schilling's Electric Telegraph, 1870-1877

1870-1877

Magneto-electrometer, 1857

1857

Chart of the Atlantic showing proposed course of the Atlantic Cable, 1856-1857

1856-1857

'Thunder pump' magneto-electric device, 1856

1856

Thomson (Lord Kelvin) double curb transmitter, 1858

1858

Whitehouse's induction coil, 1858

1858

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Islay shipwreck components

1857

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

Oesophageal forceps Durham's

1871-1830

Sample of Marshall's Iron used for gun barrels

1855

Teneriffe

1856

Teneriffe

1856