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Collection
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Maker
Place of origin
Date

Prototype ‘Manpack’ ground terminals, 1980-1989

1980-1989

Light-bulb, filament, carbon

About 1890

Patient side cart, from da Vinci® Classic surgical system

1999-2001

Surgeon console, from da Vinci® Classic surgical system

1999-2001

Stud field regulator, 1900-1950

1900-1950

Steam locomotive No. 1 'Locomotion', Stockton & Darlington Railway

1825

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

1956

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

1858

Guard lamps on wooden board, 1900-950

1900-1950

Specimen of TAT3 cable, 1963

1963

Telstar maser assembly with magnet, 1962-1967

1962-1967

Technics SL-1210 Mk2 mode quartz synthesizer direct-drive turntable: one of two

1999

BBC L1 lip microphone, 1937-1960

1937-1960

Hedley's experimental model for testing adhesion.

1812

Logic door from a Ferranti Mark I computer, 1951

1951

London & North Eastern Railway Steam Locomotive, 'Flying Scotsman'

1923

Wolferton station master hand lamp

1870-1880

Steam locomotive, entitled Evening Star

1960

Cybernetic tortoise, developed to help with studies on brain function

1950-1952

Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

1851

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

1857-1858

Experimental carbon block microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Specimen of lightweight transatlantic telephone cable, 1961

1961

Atlantic cable specimen, 1865

1865

Powdered graphite microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Experimental carbon pencil microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

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

1857-1858

Sample of submarine telegraph cable, 1866

1866

Experimental microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Experimental microphones with carbon pencils and cups, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Moving magnet galvanometer with dial inscribed "Greenwich Mean Time", 1843-1897

1843-1897

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Billi condenser used for aerial tuning in Newfoundland, 1901

1901

High frequency sliding inductance on wood base, 1900-1950

1900-1950

Desk telephone transmitter and receiver (sectioned), 1926.

1926

Copper busbars and ebonite insulators, 1900-1950

1900-1950

Replica of Bell's 1876 centennial telephone transmitter, 1959

1959

Replicas of Alexander Graham Bell's 1879 'Patent Office' telephone, 1959

1959

Magneto-ringing Ericsson telephone, 1892-1920

1892-1920

Rotary convertor, 1900-1950

1900-1950

Experimental transmitting ‘jigger’ used by the Marconi Company, 1899

1899

Receiving ‘jigger’ used by the Marconi Company, 1899

1899

Selector switch, 1903

1903

Ring transformer, 1892

1892

Two-valve short wave radio - telephonic receiver, 1927

1927

Replicas of Alexander Graham Bell's 1879 'Patent Office' telephone, 1959

1959

Filings coherer, glass tube with side-pocket attached to mounting bracket, 1894-1904

1894-1904

Pentex production unit: B switch, 1965-1971

1965-1971

Impulse sender (dial), 1915

1915

Stroh's type-printer for Wheatstone ABC communicator, 1870-1881

1870-1881