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

1865

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

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

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Wheatstone receiver (Morse inker), 1867

1867

Glass pharmacy storage bottle

1864

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

Sample of transatlantic cable, 1865-66

1865-1866

Domestic Sewing Machine for chain stitich

1868

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

Sectional Model of a Beam Engine, 1866.

1866

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

1870-1877

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

Silver pomander

1864

Horn tumbler

1865

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

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

1864

Double-ended regulator type burner (after Bronner)

1867

Bronze medal

1865

Bronze medal

1865

Silver badge of membership of the Blackpool Volunter Fire Brigade

1865

Bronze medal commemorating Hungarian medical society or congress

1865

Bronze prize medal awarded by Vienna Academy of Medicine and Surgery

1832-1850

Bronze medal

1867

Case, square, hinged containing bronze medal

1866-1867

Bronze medal by Leopold Wiener

1865

Bronze medal

1867

Case containing bronze medal awarded to Hermann Woolley

1866-1867