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Category
Collection
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Object type
Maker
Place of origin
Date

Sony 'Trinitron' Colour Television, 1969-1970

1969-1970

Philips TCD308 Mobile Telephone, 1997-2001

1997-2001

Edison telephone, 1879

1879

De Forest audion 1906-1915

1906-1915

Liquid-filled Plastic Lens Television Magnifier, 1935-1965

1935-1965

One of Fleming's first thermionic diode valves, 1889

1889

Nokia 1011 Mobile Telephone, 1992-1994

1992-1994

Motorola 'GSM flare' mobile telephone, 1995

1995

Strowger step-by-step automatic telephone exchange switch, 1897-1898

1897-1898

Motorola 'MicroTAC Classic' mobile telephone, 1991-2000

1991-2000

Gecophone Crystal Detector Radio Set No. 1, 1923

1923

Sony 'SmartBand' wearable fitness band, 2014

2014

IBM ThinkPad 365e laptop computer

1997

Logic door from a Ferranti Mark I computer, 1951

1951

Wireless World Diary, 1933

1933

Specimen of the first transatlantic telephone cable, deep sea type, 1956

1956

Replica of the first transistor, 1947-2003

1947-2003

Radio tuning coil No. 300, 1922-1923

1922-1923

Telstar maser assembly with magnet, 1962-1967

1962-1967

Radio tuning coil No. 100, 1922-1923

1922-1923

Model of Courier satellite, 2014

2014

Specimen of TAT3 cable, 1963

1963

BBC L1 lip microphone, 1937-1960

1937-1960

Radio tuning coil No. 200, 1922-1923

1922-1923

Radio tuning coil No. 150, 1922-1923

1922-1923

Mastec multimeter (from mobile phone repair workshop), 1987-2012

1987-2012

Straight horn loudspeaker, 1921-1926

1921-1926

Atomic clock prototype for 'Galileo' satellite, 2002

2002

Amplion loud speaker with wooden horn, 1925

1925

Prototype ‘Manpack’ ground terminals, 1980-1989

1980-1989

Instruction booklet for Cosmos crystal receiver, 1920-1930

1920-1930

Alcatel Minitel communication terminal, France, 1983

1983

Part of Rugby transatlantic telephone transmitter, 1927-1956

1927-1956

Submerged repeater for TAT-1, 1956

1956

Nokia 9000 Communicator mobile phone

1996-1998

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

1858

Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858

1858

Cable grappling illustration, 1874-1924

1874-1924

Cylinder electrical machine, 1810-1817

1810-1817

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

1865-1866

Trough battery, 1801-1838

1801-1838

Atlantic cable specimen, 1865

1865

Coaxial cable sample, 1948-1967

1948-1967

Atlantic Telegraph Cable Souvenir, 1873

1873-1920

Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

1851

Sample of submarine telegraph cable, 1866

1866

Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

'MPB' call sign plaque, 1900-1950

1900-1950

Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

Machine used for covering wires with silk and cotton, 1837

1837