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John Ellis

1858

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

1858

Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858

1858

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Model of Grew's locomotive for ice

circa 1861

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

Ramsbottom speed indicator

1860

Signal Block Bell, South Eastern Railway

1862

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858

1858-03-02

Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph, 1858

1858

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Glass pharmacy storage bottle

1864

Novelty model

1955; 1830

England and her Soldiers

1859

Lid for Self Cleansing carbon filter

circa 1861

One of the First Rechargeable Batteries, about 1860

1860

Columnar Engine, 1862

1862

Thomson's mirror galvanometer, 1858

1858

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

1860

Paddlewheel used by James Joule

c1860

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

1934

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

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

after 1859

Larmuth Loom

circa 1860

Enfield Carbine Rifle

circa 1860

Sample of Bessemer Steel

1860

Distinguished Men of Science

1862

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

1705-1737

Letter to The Atlantic Telegraph Company, 1859

1859

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

1870-1877

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

1860

Thomson (Lord Kelvin) double curb transmitter, 1858

1858

Whitehouse's induction coil, 1858

1858

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Tables of lifetimes, annuities, and premiums

1864

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Writing machine for blind people, United Kingdom, 1862

1862

Map of England and Wales jigsaw puzzle

circa 1860

Child's ceramic alphabet bowl, North Staffordshire Railway

1860

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

Oesophageal forceps Durham's

1871-1830

Wheatstone's magneto electric machine, 1860

1860

McCallam's patent distance indicator, 1864

1864

Electrical whirl

1862