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One of the First Rechargeable Batteries, about 1860

1860

Skaife's Pistolgraph Camera

1858

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Ramsbottom speed indicator

1860

James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

Wivenhoe & Brightlingsea Railway

1861

seal die - Bishop Stortford, Dunmow and Braintree railway

1861

John Ellis

1858

Model of Grew's locomotive for ice

circa 1861

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

1865

One of four original Swan and Raven models

1867

One of four original Swan and Raven models used by Froude

1867

England and her Soldiers

1859

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

1858

Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858

1858

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

1865-1866

Atlantic cable specimen, 1865

1865

Sample of submarine telegraph cable, 1866

1866

Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858

1858-03-02

Columnar Engine, 1862

1862

Thompson's Revolver Camera

1862

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

1865

Dagron microphotographic camera

circa 1860

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Remington 44 Revolver

1863-1865

Lid for Self Cleansing carbon filter

circa 1861

Wheatstone receiver (Morse inker), 1867

1867

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

Early binaural stethoscope

1861-1866

Glass pharmacy storage bottle

1864

Signal Block Bell, South Eastern Railway

1862

newhaven harbour co bridge byelaws notice

1867

Distinguished Men of Science

1862

Portrait Bust of Thomas Russell Crampton

1865

Child's ceramic alphabet bowl, North Staffordshire Railway

1860

Domestic Sewing Machine for chain stitich

1868

Telegraph block instrument; Walker's

1865

Map of England and Wales jigsaw puzzle

circa 1860

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

Sample of transatlantic cable, 1865-66

1865-1866

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

1860

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Tables of lifetimes, annuities, and premiums

1864