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James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

Ramsbottom speed indicator

1860

Dagron microphotographic camera

circa 1860

England and her Soldiers

1859

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

1858

Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 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

One of the First Rechargeable Batteries, about 1860

1860

Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858

1858-03-02

John Ellis

1858

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

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

1860

Child's ceramic alphabet bowl, North Staffordshire Railway

1860

earthenware commemorative plate displaying the company seal of the Hull & Hornsea Railway

1860

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

after 1859

Skaife's Pistolgraph Camera

1858

Map of England and Wales jigsaw puzzle

circa 1860

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Paddlewheel used by James Joule

c1860

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Enfield Carbine Rifle

circa 1860

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

1705-1737

Thomson's mirror galvanometer, 1858

1858

Letter to The Atlantic Telegraph Company, 1859

1859

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

1934

Whitehouse's induction coil, 1858

1858

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

1870-1877

Larmuth Loom

circa 1860

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Thomson (Lord Kelvin) double curb transmitter, 1858

1858

Sample of Bessemer Steel

1860

Zoetrope strip: Badgered Cat

1860s

Charles Babbage

1860

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

The Begum Kotie

1858

Lord Elgin

1860

Gorka's Rifles. Mussoree Bataillons

circa 1858

Fane's Horse

circa 1860

Fortifications of Beijing

1860

Prince Kung

1860

Revised Classification of Merchandise Traffic and Revised Schedule of Maximum Rates and Charges Applicable thereto, proposed to be charged by the Eastern and Midlands Railway Company

1889-02