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Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

1851

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

1899

Sample of the first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

Gutta percha snuff box, 1820-1860

1820-1860

Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856

1856

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Sample of transatlantic cable, 1865-66

1865-1866

Pen tray made of gutta-percha

1850-1900

Sample of 1851 Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

1851

Dog ornament moulded from gutta percha, 1850-1900

1850-1900

Gutta-percha ear trumpet hearing aid, 1840-1910

1840-1910

Pendant in form of plastic model of "Heinz" gherkin

1885-1895

Portion of the first submarine cable between Dover and Calais, 1850

1850

Samples of Persian Gulf cable plus engraved label, 1863

1863

Medicine chest used by Captain Scott

1910

Gutta percha inkstand, c. 1851.

circa 1851

Induction coil and smee cell

1850-1860

Varley's Lightning Protector, 1861

1861

Samples of 1865 transatlantic cable (shore end)

1865

Gutta-percha armorial moulding, 1850-1900

1850-1900

1866 transatlantic cable samples

1866

Sample of the 1865/66 Transatlantic Telegraph Cable

1865

Biscuit tray of gutta-percha

circa 1851

10 amp. switch with fuse inside

Gutta-percha bottle

circa 1950

Box of gutta-percha nerve canal points

1965-1975

Gutta-percha armorial moulding, 1850-1900

1850-1900

Sample of 1858 Atlantic submarine cable with certificate of authenticity

1858

Box of gutta-percha nerve canal points

1950-1965

Snuff box

1815-1855

Box of gutta percha nerve canal points

1890-1920

Specimens of submarine telegraph cables viz 1851-62: Dover to Calais 1851; Dover to Ostend 1853

1851-1862

Portion of first gutta percha insulated wire laid in London, 1848-1849

1848-1849

Ornamental rose made of gutta-percha

1850-1900

Stick of gutta percha temporary stopping

1890-1920

Two sticks of pink gutta percha temporary stopping

1901-1950

Breast reliever

Gutta-percha snuff box in the form of a square-toed shoe or slipper

1801-1900

Gutta percha circular snuff box with detachable lid

1801-1900

Metal mould for Gutta Percha plaque showing two ma

1850-1900

Single truss

1890-1930

Kidney-shaped dressing bowl made from gutta-percha. Made in England

1850-1900

11 spheres of temporary stopping material

1860-1890

wireless telegraphy apparatus, 1989-1902

1898-1902

Short length (including a joint) of submarine cable between Dover and Calais, 1850

1850

'Ocobo' gutta-percha golf balls, one sectioned

1850-1900

Sample of loading coil for Dover - Cap Grisnez submarine telephone cable, 1910

1910

Box of gutta-percha nerve canal points

1965-1975

Box of "Optimus" gutta percha temporary stopping

1920-1940

Section of underground telegraph cable, 1846

1846