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Thompson's Revolver Camera

1862

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Zoetrope strip: Badgered Cat

1860s

Sectional Model of a Beam Engine, 1866.

1866

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Zoetrope strip: Swan Swimming Past Windmill

circa 1868

James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

Cast iron plaque from Queenstown Road Bridge, Battersea, London, 1865

1865

Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph, 1858

1858

One of the First Rechargeable Batteries, about 1860

1860

Portrait of Isaac Newton

1862-1863

North Eastern Railway locomotive Aerolite

1869

Skaife's Pistolgraph Camera

1858

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Durn Mill Steam Engine

1864

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Zoetrope strip: Butterfly and Poppy

circa 1868

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Ramsbottom speed indicator

1860

London & South Western Railway Shark 2-4-0

circa 1868

Longcase clock, Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works

1857

Model of Grew's locomotive for ice

circa 1861

John Ellis

1858

London & North Western Railway steam locomotive 'Pet' 0-4-0ST

1865

One of four original Swan and Raven models

1867

One of four original Swan and Raven models used by Froude

1867

Remington 44 Revolver

1863-1865

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

Lord Kelvin's 'ironclad' marine galvanometer, 1865-1866

1865-1866

Atlantic cable specimen, 1865

1865

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Sample of submarine telegraph cable, 1866

1866

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

Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858

1858-03-02

Silver model of the Eleanor Cross at Charing Cross Station

1867-1868

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Dagron microphotographic camera

circa 1860

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Columnar Engine, 1862

1862

Lid for Self Cleansing carbon filter

circa 1861

Signal Block Bell, South Eastern Railway

1862

England and her Soldiers

1859

Wheatstone receiver (Morse inker), 1867

1867

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE