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North Eastern Railway, locomotive 910

1875

John Ellis

1858

Stirling single locomotive wheel casting pattern, Great Northern Railway

1870

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

1858

Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858

1858

Writing frame for the blind, Stockholm, Sweden, 1871

1871

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Aveling and Porter steam traction engine

circa 1871

model sykes lock and block signalling system

1875

Brass worksplate no 517, Manning Wardle & Co

1875

London & South Western Railway Shark 2-4-0

circa 1868

Model of Grew's locomotive for ice

circa 1861

Remington 44 Revolver

1863-1865

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

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

1865-1866

Atlantic cable specimen, 1865

1865

Replica of Bell's 1876 'iron-box' receiver, 1959

1876

Sample of submarine telegraph cable, 1866

1866

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

1865

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 receiver (Morse inker), 1867

1867

Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph, 1858

1858

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Silver model of the Eleanor Cross at Charing Cross Station

1867-1868

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

1865

Operative Society of Bricklayers

1866-1870

Drawing, design for a mirror back / unsigned

1870-1875

'Over London-by Rail', Engraving, London, England, 1872

1872

Glass pharmacy storage bottle

1864

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Catgut suture

1875

Robert Dudgeon’s sphygmograph

1876

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

1872

England and her Soldiers

1859

Obstetrical forceps

1870s

Early binaural stethoscope

1861-1866

Lid for Self Cleansing carbon filter

circa 1861

Model of the Lowe-Vansittart Screw Propeller Blades

1869

One of four original Swan and Raven models

1867

One of four original Swan and Raven models used by Froude

1867

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

North Eastern Railway locomotive Aerolite

1869