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Replica of Bell's 1876 centennial telephone transmitter, 1959

1959

Poured wax doll

circa 1900

Capacitor used in the development of the 'Baby' computer

1948

‘Medico-Electrical Machine’ by Nairne and Blunt

1782-1793

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

1956

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

1858

Aerial inductances, 1901

1901

Receiving ‘jigger’ used by the Marconi Company, 1899

1899

De Forest syntoniser, 1902-1907

1902-1907

Experimental carbon pencil microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Powdered graphite microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Experimental microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Experimental carbon block microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Experimental microphones with carbon pencils and cups, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Granular microphone in glass tube, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Filings coherer, glass tube bent into U-shape at one end with bulb to form side-pocket on mounting bracket with terminals, 1894-1904

1894-1904

Hertzian receiving resonator, 1890-1894

1890-1894

Filings coherer, small glass tube with bulb at one end and cap of red sealing wax at other end, 1898

1898

Wax portrait of Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy (1780 – 1854)

1851

Wax portrait of George Atkins (1766 – 1855) by Richard Cockle Lucas

1852

Wax plaque showing a dissected female figure

1801-1830

Plaque showing the development of a human embryo

1801-1830

Wax model of a female human head, Germany, 1801-1900

1801-1900

Wax plaque showing foetus in the womb

1801-1830

Wax plaque showing a dissected female figure

1801-1830

Cylindrical glass bottle of quinine sulphate

1860-1910

Cylindrical glass bottle containing cinchonidine

Receiving ‘jigger’ used by the Marconi Company, 1898

1898

Waxed post-mortem thread

circa 2016

Granular microphone in bamboo tube, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Powdered graphite microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Powdered graphite microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Experimental microphone using steel needles and gas carbon, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Cell used in interruptor circuit, 1875-1890

1875-1890

Clockwork interruptor, once owned by David Hughes, 1875-1880

1875-1880

Filings coherer, glass tube capped at ends, 1894-1904

1894-1904

Amuletic loadstone with scalloped metal mounts

1551-1700

Plaque showing the development of a human embryo

1801-1830

Wax plaque showing a dissected female figure

1801-1830

Plaque showing the development of a human embryo

1801-1830

Wax plaque of woman showing foetus in the womb

1801-1830

Wax plaque showing a dissected female figure

1801-1830

Alarm clock

1840-1900

'Santa Medicina' sculpture by Eleanor Crook

2019

Edison 'Concert' phonograph

1910-1912

Two-Core Edison Tube

1882

Wax plaque in glazed wooden frame

1701-1730

Haemoglobinometer

1850-1950

Laurence Olivier as Hamlet

21 September 1947

'Killarney' phonograph cylinder