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Skaife's Pistolgraph Camera

1858

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858

1858

Thomson's mirror galvanometer, 1858

1858

John Ellis

1858

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 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 gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Longcase clock, Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works

1857

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

Islay shipwreck components

1857

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

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

1705-1737

Thomson (Lord Kelvin) double curb transmitter, 1858

1858

Whitehouse's induction coil, 1858

1858

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Model of a Power Loom for Plain Weaving

1857

Magneto-electrometer, 1857

1857

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

1934

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

1870-1877

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB

1990-95

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

Model of a Montgolfier Balloon, 1783

First Public Demonstration of a Montgolfier Balloon, 4th June, 1783.

1783; 1914

Copper medal by Albert Barre commemorating Isidore Geoffrey St. Hilaire

1857

Watercolour illustration of the interior of Scutari Hospital, Albania, 1857

1857

Andre-Marie Ampere

1825; 1910

Bronze medal to commemorate the thirtyfourth Convention of the natural sciences and arts at Karlsruhe

1858

Medal, Inauguration of the Asile Imperial de Vincennes pour les Ouvriers Convalescents

1857

American Standard Wire Gauge

circa 1858

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

Commemorative plate featuring French chemist Baron Thenard

1857

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

Archibald Young

1857

Earthenware jug

2000-1350