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James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

Ramsbottom speed indicator

1860

Thompson's Revolver Camera

1862

Dagron microphotographic camera

circa 1860

Lid for Self Cleansing carbon filter

circa 1861

Signal Block Bell, South Eastern Railway

1862

England and her Soldiers

1859

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Longcase clock, Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works

1857

Model of Grew's locomotive for ice

circa 1861

seal die - Colne Valley and Halstead Railway

1856

Wivenhoe & Brightlingsea Railway

1861

seal die - Bishop Stortford, Dunmow and Braintree railway

1861

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

1858

Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858

1858

Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph, 1858

1858

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

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

Columnar Engine, 1862

1862

John Ellis

1858

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Glass pharmacy storage bottle

1864

Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856

1856

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, English civil engineer, mid-19th century.

1860

Royal footwarmer, Great Western Railway

1856

Child's ceramic alphabet bowl, North Staffordshire Railway

1860

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

1860

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Model of a Power Loom for Plain Weaving

1857

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

after 1859

Skaife's Pistolgraph Camera

1858

Map of England and Wales jigsaw puzzle

circa 1860

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Distinguished Men of Science

1862

Portrait bust of Henry Maudslay

before 1857

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Paddlewheel used by James Joule

c1860

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Tables of lifetimes, annuities, and premiums

1864

Enfield Carbine Rifle

circa 1860

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

1705-1737

Thomson's mirror galvanometer, 1858

1858