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Signal Block Bell, South Eastern Railway

1862

Ramsbottom speed indicator

1860

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

1865

Model of Grew's locomotive for ice

circa 1861

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

One of four original Swan and Raven models

1867

One of four original Swan and Raven models used by Froude

1867

Atlantic cable specimen, 1865

1865

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

1865-1866

Sample of submarine telegraph cable, 1866

1866

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

1865

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Early binaural stethoscope

1861-1866

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Columnar Engine, 1862

1862

Wheatstone receiver (Morse inker), 1867

1867

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Glass pharmacy storage bottle

1864

Remington 44 Revolver

1863-1865

One of the First Rechargeable Batteries, about 1860

1860

Lid for Self Cleansing carbon filter

circa 1861

Larmuth Loom

circa 1860

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

1860

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Replica of 16th century German 'Hund' wagon, 1986

1986 (replica); 1501-1600 (original)

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

1934

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

Map of England and Wales jigsaw puzzle

circa 1860

Sample of transatlantic cable, 1865-66

1865-1866

Child's ceramic alphabet bowl, North Staffordshire Railway

1860

Domestic Sewing Machine for chain stitich

1868

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

1860

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Silver thimble, used to pass a current through the 1866 Transatlantic cable, 1860-1866

1860-1866

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

1705-1737

Pioneers of Electric Telegraphy at the British Association

1865

Portrait Bust of Thomas Russell Crampton

1865

'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

Enfield Carbine Rifle

circa 1860

Sample of Bessemer Steel

1860

Distinguished Men of Science

1862

Sectional Model of a Beam Engine, 1866.

1866