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London & South Western Railway Shark 2-4-0

circa 1868

Signal Block Bell, South Eastern Railway

1862

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Wheatstone receiver (Morse inker), 1867

1867

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

1865

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Atlantic cable specimen, 1865

1865

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

1865-1866

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Sample of submarine telegraph cable, 1866

1866

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

1865

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Silver model of the Eleanor Cross at Charing Cross Station

1867-1868

Glass pharmacy storage bottle

1864

One of four original Swan and Raven models

1867

One of four original Swan and Raven models used by Froude

1867

Remington 44 Revolver

1863-1865

Columnar Engine, 1862

1862

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Telegraph block instrument; Walker's

1865

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Distinguished Men of Science

1862

Polarized 'guillotine' relay, 1862-1866

1862-1866

Pioneers of Electric Telegraphy at the British Association

1865

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

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

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

1934

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

Sample of transatlantic cable, 1865-66

1865-1866

Portrait Bust of Thomas Russell Crampton

1865

Domestic Sewing Machine for chain stitich

1868

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Tables of lifetimes, annuities, and premiums

1864

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Writing machine for blind people, United Kingdom, 1862

1862

Sectional Model of a Beam Engine, 1866.

1866

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

Mouthpiece from inhaler by Dr. Nelson in 1865

1865

Oesophageal forceps Durham's

1871-1830

Sample of steel, manufactured by R. Mushet, 1866

1866

McCallam's patent distance indicator, 1864

1864

Electrical whirl

1862

Domestic lock stitch sewing machine made by the Florence Sewing Machine Company

1864

Henley's discharging rod

1862

Knife with cellulose nitrate (Parkesine) handle

1862

Knife with cellulose nitrate (Parkesine) handle

1862