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Thompson's Revolver Camera

1862

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

1858

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

Ramsbottom speed indicator

1860

Model of Grew's locomotive for ice

circa 1861

Wivenhoe & Brightlingsea Railway

1861

seal die - Bishop Stortford, Dunmow and Braintree railway

1861

Columnar Engine, 1862

1862

John Ellis

1858

Dagron microphotographic camera

circa 1860

Signal Block Bell, South Eastern Railway

1862

England and her Soldiers

1859

Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858

1858

Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph, 1858

1858

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858

1858-03-02

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

One of the First Rechargeable Batteries, about 1860

1860

Lid for Self Cleansing carbon filter

circa 1861

earthenware commemorative plate displaying the company seal of the Hull & Hornsea Railway

1860

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Distinguished Men of Science

1862

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Enfield Carbine Rifle

circa 1860

Sample of Bessemer Steel

1860

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, English civil engineer, mid-19th century.

1860

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Bust of James Watt in Parian Ware made by Josiah Wedgwood & Sons from original by E.W. Wyon

after 1859

Skaife's Pistolgraph Camera

1858

Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1st Class carriage 'Traveller'

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement

1705-1737

Thomson's mirror galvanometer, 1858

1858

Thomson (Lord Kelvin) double curb transmitter, 1858

1858

Letter to The Atlantic Telegraph Company, 1859

1859

Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, 1934

1934

Copy of the Receiver and Alarm Call of Schilling's Electric Telegraph, 1870-1877

1870-1877

Larmuth Loom

circa 1860

Child's ceramic alphabet bowl, North Staffordshire Railway

1860

Writing machine for blind people, United Kingdom, 1862

1862

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Map of England and Wales jigsaw puzzle

circa 1860

Paddlewheel used by James Joule

c1860

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Whitehouse's induction coil, 1858

1858

Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB

1990-95