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Thompson's Revolver Camera

1862

Skaife's Pistolgraph Camera

1858

Columnar Engine, 1862

1862

One of the First Rechargeable Batteries, about 1860

1860

James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

John Ellis

1858

Dagron microphotographic camera

circa 1860

Wivenhoe & Brightlingsea Railway

1861

seal die - Bishop Stortford, Dunmow and Braintree railway

1861

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Glass pharmacy storage bottle

1864

Ramsbottom speed indicator

1860

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Model of Grew's locomotive for ice

circa 1861

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Lid for Self Cleansing carbon filter

circa 1861

England and her Soldiers

1859

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

1858

Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858

1858

Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph, 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

Sample of the first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858

1858-03-02

Signal Block Bell, South Eastern Railway

1862

Longcase clock, Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works

1857

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Distinguished Men of Science

1862

Portrait bust of Henry Maudslay

before 1857

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

1860

Islay shipwreck components

1857

Child's ceramic alphabet bowl, North Staffordshire Railway

1860

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Writing machine for blind people, United Kingdom, 1862

1862

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

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

1934

Whitehouse's induction coil, 1858

1858

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Map of England and Wales jigsaw puzzle

circa 1860

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Paddlewheel used by James Joule

c1860

Tables of lifetimes, annuities, and premiums

1864

Enfield Carbine Rifle

circa 1860

Sample of Bessemer Steel

1860

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

1705-1737