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Skaife's Pistolgraph Camera

1858

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

John Ellis

1858

England and her Soldiers

1859

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

1858

Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858

1858

Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858

1858-03-02

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph, 1858

1858

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Thomson's mirror galvanometer, 1858

1858

Letter to The Atlantic Telegraph Company, 1859

1859

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

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

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

1705-1737

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Thomson (Lord Kelvin) double curb transmitter, 1858

1858

Whitehouse's induction coil, 1858

1858

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

after 1859

Letter from Queen Victoria mentioning chloroform use in childbirth

1859

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Steam trains of the Oriental Inland Steam company

1858

Great Western Railway "Cornishman" Express Train, hauled by 4-4-2 No. 3046 "Lord of the Isles"

1899/12

Great Western Railway "Cornishman" Express Train, hauled by 4-4-2 No. 3046 "Lord of the Isles".

1899/12

Drawing of old York Railway Station

1858

Model of Henry Cavendish's Torsion Balance Gravitational Apparatus, 1798

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

Lithograph. The Leviathan (or) what do with her now you've got her off

1858

Engraving. Stazione della Ferrovia a Civitavecchia

1859

Cornwall Railway. Saltash Bridge, 1859

1859

Photograph, Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society

1859

Portrait of Robert Stephenson (1803-1859)

1858

Copper plate etching, Strada Ferrata Stazione a Porta Portese…

1859

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Bust on wooden base of Andrew Ross

1859; 1986

Bronze handle, highly decorated, Romano-Egyptian

20-400

Solid bronze phallic amulet in form of priapus with hind legs and tail of horse

30-200

Bronze probe(?), twisted stem, Romano-Egyptian

20-500

Olive ended probe, bronze, Romano-Egyptian

20-500

Wheatstone's automatic telegraph transmitter, 1858

1858