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Thompson's Revolver Camera

1862

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

Wivenhoe & Brightlingsea Railway

1861

seal die - Bishop Stortford, Dunmow and Braintree railway

1861

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Early binaural stethoscope

1861-1866

Model of Grew's locomotive for ice

circa 1861

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

1865-1866

Signal Block Bell, South Eastern Railway

1862

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

1865

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Atlantic cable specimen, 1865

1865

Sample of submarine telegraph cable, 1866

1866

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

1865

Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Lid for Self Cleansing carbon filter

circa 1861

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

Glass pharmacy storage bottle

1864

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

Telegraph block instrument; Walker's

1865

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

1934

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Polarized 'guillotine' relay, 1862-1866

1862-1866

Sample of transatlantic cable, 1865-66

1865-1866

Portrait of Isaac Newton

1862-1863

Tables of lifetimes, annuities, and premiums

1864

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

1705-1737

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

1870-1877

Portrait Bust of Thomas Russell Crampton

1865

Pioneers of Electric Telegraphy at the British Association

1865

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois

1925; 1862

Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB

1990-95

Decimal watch by Richard Dover Statter and Thomas Statter

1862

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

The first Wheeler and Wilson sewing machine, 1866.

1866

Whole rigged model of the clipper ship 'Stonehouse'

1866 (original) 1871 (model); 1906 (rigging modified)

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Replica of Lightning Conductor by Benjamin Franklin, United States, 1730-1760

1730-1760 (original); 1931-1939 (replica)

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

Reis telephone, 1863.

1863

Silk skirt and blouse dyed with Perkin's mauve aniline dye

1862-1863

runcorn viaduct

1863

Theiler's step by step type printer transmitter

1863-1864

Sunset on Manus Bul, Kashmir

circa 1865

McCallam's patent distance indicator, 1864

1864