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Material
Date

Marey sphygmograph and case

1857-1870

Early binaural stethoscope

1861-1866

Model of Grew's locomotive for ice

circa 1861

Thompson's Revolver Camera

1862

Bridge plaque - 1855

1855

Stirling single locomotive wheel casting pattern, Great Northern Railway

1870

Brass worksplate no 517, Manning Wardle & Co

1875

Ramsbottom speed indicator

1860

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

1858

Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858

1858-03-02

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

1865-1866

Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe

1854

Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858

1858

Catgut suture

1875

John Ellis

1858

Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

1851

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

1857-1858

Atlantic cable specimen, 1865

1865

Sample of the first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

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

1857-1858

Sample of submarine telegraph cable, 1866

1866

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

1865

Writing frame for the blind, Stockholm, Sweden, 1871

1871

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Caricature of an undertaker hoping for cholera, Europe, c. 1854

circa 1854

Caricature showing 'The State Doctor' during a cholera epidemic, Europe, c. 1854

circa 1854

Remington 44 Revolver

1863-1865

James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

The Great Exhibition Polka 1851

1851

South-East View of Sheffield

1855

Aveling and Porter steam traction engine

circa 1871

Dagron microphotographic camera

circa 1860

Silver presentation whistle and chain, London & South Western Railway

1853

Operative Society of Bricklayers

1866-1870

Drawing, design for a mirror back / unsigned

1870-1875

'Over London-by Rail', Engraving, London, England, 1872

1872

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

One of four original Swan and Raven models

1867

One of four original Swan and Raven models used by Froude

1867

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

1872

England and her Soldiers

1859

Lid for Self Cleansing carbon filter

circa 1861

Longcase clock, Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works

1857

One of the First Rechargeable Batteries, about 1860

1860

Columnar Engine, 1862

1862

Henley needle galvanometer, 1855-1860

1855-1860

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Bright's bell telegraph, 1855

1855

Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856

1856

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4