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North Eastern Railway, locomotive 910

1875

John Ellis

1858

Wise's Patent Train Staff

1886

Stirling single locomotive wheel casting pattern, Great Northern Railway

1870

Scutcher, made by Platt Brothers & Co. Ltd

1889

Longcase clock, Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works

1857

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

1858

Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858

1858

Small printing forme representing Linotype set matter

1886

Commemorative spade used to turn the first sod of the River Lee Conservancy's new cutting through Horse Shoe Point

1878

Writing frame for the blind, Stockholm, Sweden, 1871

1871

Stock Exchange automatic telegraph, 1872-1880

1872-1880

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Bell telephone, mahogany case, 1878

1878

Rover 'Safety' Bicycle, 1885

1885

Aveling and Porter steam traction engine

circa 1871

Edison telephone, 1879

1879

Model steam locomotive

1882

model sykes lock and block signalling system

1875

Brass worksplate no 517, Manning Wardle & Co

1875

Brass worksplate no 917, Manning Wardle & Co

1884

London & South Western Railway Shark 2-4-0

circa 1868

Model steam locomotive, North Eastern Railway

1884

Model ground signal, North London Railway

1888

Model of Grew's locomotive for ice

circa 1861

Remington 44 Revolver

1863-1865

Wood-working brace drill, with button-operated latch chuck, 1875-1885

circa 1880

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Mantel clock, presented to T.W. Worsdell - Great Eastern Railway

circa 1885

James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

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

1865-1866

Atlantic cable specimen, 1865

1865

Sample of the first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

Engraving: Watt's first experiment. Marcus Stone ARA pinxt; Herbert Bourne sculpt; published by Appleton & Co

1879

Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

Replica of Bell's 1876 'iron-box' receiver, 1959

1876

Sample of submarine telegraph cable, 1866

1866

Model of Robert Duncan's screw propeller, with stern frame and rudder, as fitted to the Egyptian government yacht 'Sareea

1886-1887

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

1865

Ramsbottom speed indicator

1860

Signal Block Bell, South Eastern Railway

1862

Silver medal, commemorates the International Health Exhibition

1884

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Syntonic Leyden jars, 1880-1889

1880-1889

Wine glass possibly used as a culture glass by Joseph Lister

1860-1877

Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858

1858-03-02

Wine glass possibly used as a culture glass by Joseph Lister

1860-1877

Stroh's type-printer for Wheatstone ABC communicator, 1870-1881

1870-1881

Wheatstone receiver (Morse inker), 1867

1867