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Thompson's Revolver Camera

1862

One of the First Rechargeable Batteries, about 1860

1860

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Skaife's Pistolgraph Camera

1858

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

seal die - Colne Valley and Halstead Railway

1856

Wivenhoe & Brightlingsea Railway

1861

seal die - Bishop Stortford, Dunmow and Braintree railway

1861

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

John Ellis

1858

Dagron microphotographic camera

circa 1860

Model of Grew's locomotive for ice

circa 1861

Ramsbottom speed indicator

1860

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

1858

Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph, 1858

1858

Signal Block Bell, South Eastern Railway

1862

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858

1858

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

Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858

1858-03-02

Sample of the first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

England and her Soldiers

1859

Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Longcase clock, Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works

1857

Lid for Self Cleansing carbon filter

circa 1861

Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856

1856

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

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

1934

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Islay shipwreck components

1857

Child's ceramic alphabet bowl, North Staffordshire Railway

1860

Thomson's mirror galvanometer, 1858

1858

earthenware commemorative plate displaying the company seal of the Hull & Hornsea Railway

1860

Larmuth Loom

circa 1860

Paddlewheel used by James Joule

c1860

Magneto-electrometer, 1857

1857

Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement

1705-1737

'Thunder pump' magneto-electric device, 1856

1856

Letter to The Atlantic Telegraph Company, 1859

1859

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

1856-1857

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

1870-1877

Locomotive Memoranda, Engines

1856

Thomson (Lord Kelvin) double curb transmitter, 1858

1858

Whitehouse's induction coil, 1858

1858

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Royal footwarmer, Great Western Railway

1856

Model of a Power Loom for Plain Weaving

1857