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scale with metal stand for Thompson mirror speaking galvanometer, 1858

Telecommunications

1858

Thomson mirror speaking galvanometer, 1858

Telecommunications

1858

Rectal speculum

Clinical Diagnosis

1870-1890

Portable double-needle telegraph and test set, 1850

Telecommunications

1850

three-nail microphone, 1875-1880

Telecommunications

1875-1880

Wine glass possibly used as a culture glass by Joseph Lister

Microbiology

1860-1877

Ear trumpet made from shell

Audiology

1850-1900

Sample of 1851 Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

Telecommunications

1851

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

Water Supply Metering

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Coherer with coarse brass turnings, 1894

Radio Communication

1894

Filings coherer, glass tube formed into T-shape at one end and bent round into U-shape at other end with bulb, 1899

Radio Communication

1899

printing block

Textile Industry

c.1840

Braiding Machine

Textile Industry

c.1900

Cloth tape measure

Hand and Machine Tools

1850-1860

Architect's model of S&J Watts' warehouse

Textile Industry

1850-1856

Felt and Tarrant Comptometer, 1887.

Mathematics

c. 1900

Great Western Railway locomotive headlamp

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1897

stock exchange automatic telegraph, 1872-1880

Telecommunications

1872-1880

Embossing telegraph receiver 1878-1900

Telecommunications

1878-1900

Print, 'Searching Fault' scene on 'Great Eastern' during the laying of the first Atlantic cable, 1865-1867

Telecommunications

1865-1867

Print, 'Interior Tanks', a scene on 'Great Eastern' during the laying of the first Atlantic cable, 1865-1867

Telecommunications

1865-1867

Bullion box containing lead shot

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1855

NER 0-6-0 '1001' class steam locomotive and tender, No 1275, 1874

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1874

Scale drawing of Nottingham Water Works Engine House, England, 1851-1860

Archive

1850-1859

Two dried plant specimens labelled anemone alpina

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1883

Dried specimen of prenanthes purpurea

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1883

borough market junction signal box

Signalling & Telecommunications

1895

Platt Brothers Notice

Textile Industry

1899

Machine used for covering wires with silk and cotton, 1837

Textiles Machinery

1837

Bell telephone, mahogany case, 1878

Telecommunications

1878

Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

Telecommunications

1851

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

Telecommunications

1857-1858

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

Telecommunications

1850

Model of human eye

Anatomy & Pathology

1870

Marey's Camera for Chronophotography

Wellcome (general)

1882

William Thomson's marine mirror galvanometer, 1850-1900

Telecommunications

1854

Brake composite/observation saloon

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1897

polarized 'guillotine' relay, 1862-1866

Telecommunications

1862-1866

Daniell cell used by Edward Davy, 1836-1839

Telecommunications

1836-1839

Experimental microphone, 1878-1890

Telecommunications

1878-1890

section of first telegraph cable, 1837

Telecommunications

1837

Early submarine cables and grapnel, 1858-1866.

Telecommunications

1858-1866

Model of the ‘Optimus’ water closet, England

Domestic Appliances

1870

Cooke and Wheatstone 5-needle telegraph, 1837

Telecommunications

1837

Wheatstone ABC telegraph receiver, 1942

Telecommunications

1842

Photograph of lunar crater model

Astronomy

1850-1874

Hyperbolic Paraboloid String Surface Model

Mathematics

1872

Conoid surface model

Mathematics

1872

Lancashire Loom

Textile Industry

c. 1880

Ribbon loom with jacquard head

Textile Industry

c. 1900