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Colour lithograph of the S.S. 'Great Eastern'

1850-1859

John Ellis

1858

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848

1848

Longcase clock, Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works

1857

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

1858

Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858

1858

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Shoulder papier-mache doll accompanying English wooden doll.Circa 1840

circa 1840

Monaural stethoscope

1840-1850

Peel, Williams & Peel steam engine

1846

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Architect's model of S&J Watts' warehouse

1850-1856

James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

London & North Western Railway steam locomotive 'Pet' 0-4-0ST

1865

Stockton & Darlington Railway carriage

1847

Dandy cart and horse

1845-1855

Signal Block Bell, South Eastern Railway

1862

One of the First Rechargeable Batteries, about 1860

1860

Henley needle galvanometer, 1855-1860

1855-1860

Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

1851

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

1857-1858

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854

1854

Wheatstone automatic tape transmitter, 1840-1860

1840-1860

Bright's bell telegraph, 1855

1855

Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856

1856

The Great Exhibition Polka 1851

1851

Atlantic cable specimen, 1865

1865

Sample of the first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858

1858-03-02

Single-needle telegraph by W. F. Cooke, 1840-1860

1840-1860

Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.

1850

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

1857-1858

Henley's magneto electric double needle telegraph, 1848-1852

1848-1852

Single needle telegraph, 1846

1846

Columnar Engine, 1862

1862

Wheatstone printing telegraph, 1841

1841

Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph, 1858

1858

Lithograph, Chronological pictures of English History

1850-1859

Cast iron plaque from Queenstown Road Bridge, Battersea, London, 1865

1865

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Cooke's train signalling instrument of 1845, Norfolk Railway

1845

Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849

1849

Down Pipe from Maldon Witham & Braintree Railway

1846-1859

Single-needle block instrument

1845

Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe

1854

Slamannan Railway commemorative plaque

1840

Decorated keystone from South Stockton arch, Thornaby station

1842

Silver presentation whistle and chain, London & South Western Railway

1853

Railway bridge section

1850