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

1865

London & South Western Railway Shark 2-4-0

circa 1868

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

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Novelty model

1955; 1830

One of four original Swan and Raven models

1867

One of four original Swan and Raven models used by Froude

1867

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

Silver model of the Eleanor Cross at Charing Cross Station

1867-1868

Glass pharmacy storage bottle

1864

Model of the Lowe-Vansittart Screw Propeller Blades

1869

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

Domestic Sewing Machine for chain stitich

1868

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

North Eastern Railway locomotive Aerolite

1869

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

newhaven harbour co bridge byelaws notice

1867

Sample of transatlantic cable, 1865-66

1865-1866

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

1934

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

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Tables of lifetimes, annuities, and premiums

1864

Telegraph block instrument; Walker's

1865

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Pioneers of Electric Telegraphy at the British Association

1865

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Sectional Model of a Beam Engine, 1866.

1866

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Adam's Stereoscopic Exhibition Poster

1867

Alfred Tennyson

circa 1869

May - Study No 167

1870-10

Portrait of an Unknown Woman

circa 1868

La Madonna Reposata - Resting In Hope

1864

'Boneshaker' bicycle

1869

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

1730; 1967

Lorina, Edith and Alice Liddel

1872-08

Cuttle-fish eyes

1867

Mouthpiece from inhaler by Dr. Nelson in 1865

1865

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

1972-3

Petroleum testing apparatus

circa 1868

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