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Skaife's Pistolgraph Camera

1858

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Model of Grew's locomotive for ice

circa 1861

Thompson's Revolver Camera

1862

One of the First Rechargeable Batteries, about 1860

1860

Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858

1858

Thomson's mirror galvanometer, 1858

1858

Ramsbottom speed indicator

1860

Wivenhoe & Brightlingsea Railway

1861

seal die - Bishop Stortford, Dunmow and Braintree railway

1861

John Ellis

1858

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Dagron microphotographic camera

circa 1860

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Lid for Self Cleansing carbon filter

circa 1861

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

1858

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

Signal Block Bell, South Eastern Railway

1862

Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858

1858-03-02

England and her Soldiers

1859

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1934

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Child's ceramic alphabet bowl, North Staffordshire Railway

1860

Paddlewheel used by James Joule

c1860

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

1705-1737

Thomson (Lord Kelvin) double curb transmitter, 1858

1858

Letter to The Atlantic Telegraph Company, 1859

1859

Whitehouse's induction coil, 1858

1858

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

1860

Larmuth Loom

circa 1860

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

1870-1877

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB

1990-95

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

Charles Babbage

1860

‘Autoperipatetikos’ Walking Doll

1862

Letter from Queen Victoria mentioning chloroform use in childbirth

1859

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Chadwick Vertical Steam Engine

1860

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

Vesicular slag from the blast-furnaces at Russell Hall Iron Works

1861

Model of a Montgolfier Balloon, 1783

First Public Demonstration of a Montgolfier Balloon, 4th June, 1783.

1783; 1914