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London & North Western Railway steam locomotive 'Pet' 0-4-0ST

1865

John Ellis

1858

Novelty model

1955; 1830

England and her Soldiers

1859

Model of Grew's locomotive for ice

circa 1861

One of the First Rechargeable Batteries, about 1860

1860

Lid for Self Cleansing carbon filter

circa 1861

Ramsbottom speed indicator

1860

Early binaural stethoscope

1861-1866

James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

Signal Block Bell, South Eastern Railway

1862

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

1865

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

1865-1866

Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph, 1858

1858

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858

1858-03-02

Sample of submarine telegraph cable, 1866

1866

Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858

1858

Glass pharmacy storage bottle

1864

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Atlantic cable specimen, 1865

1865

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

1858

Remington 44 Revolver

1863-1865

Columnar Engine, 1862

1862

Larmuth Loom

circa 1860

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

1705-1737

Letter to The Atlantic Telegraph Company, 1859

1859

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

1860

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

Portrait Bust of Thomas Russell Crampton

1865

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

1860

Early submarine cables and grapnel, 1858-1866.

1858-1866

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Writing machine for blind people, United Kingdom, 1862

1862

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Telegraph block instrument; Walker's

1865

Paddlewheel used by James Joule

c1860

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

after 1859

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Distinguished Men of Science

1862

Map of England and Wales jigsaw puzzle

circa 1860

Child's ceramic alphabet bowl, North Staffordshire Railway

1860

Sectional Model of a Beam Engine, 1866.

1866

Thomson's mirror galvanometer, 1858

1858

Whitehouse's induction coil, 1858

1858