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

1865

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

1865

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

1865-1866

Sample of submarine telegraph cable, 1866

1866

Atlantic cable specimen, 1865

1865

Remington 44 Revolver

1863-1865

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Glass pharmacy storage bottle

1864

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Columnar Engine, 1862

1862

Signal Block Bell, South Eastern Railway

1862

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Sample of transatlantic cable, 1865-66

1865-1866

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

1934

Distinguished Men of Science

1862

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

1705-1737

Polarized 'guillotine' relay, 1862-1866

1862-1866

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

1870-1877

Pioneers of Electric Telegraphy at the British Association

1865

Portrait Bust of Thomas Russell Crampton

1865

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Tables of lifetimes, annuities, and premiums

1864

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Writing machine for blind people, United Kingdom, 1862

1862

Telegraph block instrument; Walker's

1865

Sectional Model of a Beam Engine, 1866.

1866

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Poster for Prince's Theatre, Glasgow, with Telbin's Diorama

1863-07-30

The first Wheeler and Wilson sewing machine, 1866.

1866

Non-Smokers' appeal to the Great Northern Railway Company

1866

May - Study No 167

1870-10

La Madonna Reposata - Resting In Hope

1864

Walker's Railway Time Table, and Coach, Omnibus and Carriers' List

1883-01

Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill

1730; 1967

Lorina, Edith and Alice Liddel

1872-08

Theiler's step by step type receiver, 1863-64

1863-1864

Mouthpiece from inhaler by Dr. Nelson in 1865

1865

Meerschaum tobacco pipe in the form of a porcelain pipe

1863

Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements

1972-3

Plano-convex brick, Ubaid, Iraq, c 2500 BC.

2500 BCE

Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promote general good health

1880-120

Bottle, clear glass

1862-1863

Bottle, clear glass

1862-1863