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‘Medico-Electrical Machine’ by Nairne and Blunt

1782-1793

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

1858

Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858

1858

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

1865-1866

Trough battery, 1801-1838

1801-1838

Set of magnetical apparatus in case, by Adams

1790

Panel containing seven examples of P.O. telephone magnets

Faraday's specific inductive capacity apparatus, 1837, replica

1837

Replica of apparatus used by Ohm to prove Ohm's Law

1826

Collection of four vacuum tubes (originally seven tubes but three BOS March 1931)

"17 inch" plate Wimshurst electrostatic machine

1885

Five Geissler tubes by William Ladd, England, 1847-1860

1847-1860

Kilo-ampere balance (a) Box containing sliding weights

1888

Cathode ray furnace with specimens of coked diamonds

1906-1907

Kelvin & James White Ltd ampere

circa 1903

reflecting astatic moving iron galvanometer

circa 1920

Three magnetic line of force patterns made by Faraday and given to a friend

Methanol/air fuel cell, with component parts

1965

Station electrometer by James White

1867

Lindemann electrometer

1924

Moving-coil d.c. milliammeter model 505 serial no.800624

1944

Twenty four electrical radiometers illustrating Sir W.Crookes' research on electrical discharges in a vacuum

1879-1888

Brooks variable self and mutual inductor 90691

Weston moving-coil ammeter, 1889-1900

1889-1900

Henley Discharging Table, 1820-1850

1820-1850

'Electric Egg' Discharger, 1801-1825

1801-1825

Standard cell, model 4, serial no.3653

1900

Wimshurst Electrical Machine

1880-1910

Electrostatic Generator

1920-1940

Electrostatic Generator

1895-1905

Lord Kelvin’s syphon recorder ink bottle electrification instrument

1868

Portion of original nitric acid battery

1839

Wheatstone's original bridge

1843

Geissler tube, 1855.

1855-1876

High-sensitivity mirror galvanometer

circa 1920

Electrostatic Generator

circa 1820

Sir William Thomson's patent electric balance

circa 1890

Leyden Jar

Plate electrostatic machine with prime conductor

Pattern of lines of force produced by Faraday, about 1852

1851-1855

Insulating stool, Galvani collection

1780-1798

Head of hair on a metal stand

Slender green Glass rod, Galvani collection

1780-1798

Galvani’s frog experiment Insulating stand

1780-1798

Leyden jar made from a glass bottle and filled with gold leaf, Galvani collection

1780-1798

U-shaped brass rod with a brass ball at each end

1780-1798

Primary Electric Cell- rectanguler box with decorative cover. On top there are six circular holes in the cover

1932

Leclanche cell battery

Experimental tri-axial peak height fluxgate magnetometer head

1967

Induction Coil

1881