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Cotton Bale Breaker

1911

Dye Sample

circa 1890

Dye Sample

circa 1890

Dye Sample

1916

Dye Sample

circa 1890

Wrapping block

circa 1920

Sample of Acid Yellow Dye

circa 1890

Scutcher, made by Platt Brothers & Co. Ltd

1889

Ribbon loom with jacquard head

circa 1900

Woollen shawl

1880-1920

Replica of 1903 Wright Brothers' aero engine

after 1903

Reason slot meter, c.1920.

1918-1922

Addac adding machine

1926

Hand-operated mill for grinding coffee beans

1880-1900

Ring spinning frame

1901

Water pipe from Water Street, Manchester

1890-1899

Telephone crossbar switch, Swedish Ericsson, 1921

1921

Device for recording warder patrols in a Lunatic Asylum

1877-1897

Desk telephone transmitter and receiver (sectioned), 1926.

1926

Wall telephone, 1880-1920

1880-1920

Experimental carbon block microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

'Pock-marked faces: A curious illusion', anti-vaccination leaflet

1880-1890

National Telephone Company directory, 1898-1899

1898-1899

A T & T national telephone directory, October 1896

1896

Mechanical telephone, 1880-1920

1880-1920

Edison telephone, 1879

1879

Magneto-ringing Ericsson telephone, 1892-1920

1892-1920

Model steam locomotive

1890

Full dentures, England, 1890-1900

1890-1900

Powdered graphite microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Loading coil, 1910-1930

1910-1930

"Airway" vacuum cleaner, c.1930

1930

Five-line single cord switchboard, 1900-1909

1900-1909

Receiving ‘jigger’ used by the Marconi Company, 1899

1899

Experimental carbon pencil microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Selector switch, 1903

1903

Chromolithograph: Amalgamated Society of Engineers Machinists ... by Blades

1904

Strowger automatic telephone, 1901-1910

1901-1910

Impulse sender (dial), 1915

1915

Engraving: Watt's first experiment. Marcus Stone ARA pinxt; Herbert Bourne sculpt; published by Appleton & Co

1879

Strowger calling dial, 1906

1906

Pair of metal-rimmed spectacles with wire mesh protecters

1891-1920

Replica of Bell's 1876 'iron-box' receiver, 1959

1876

Experimental microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Experimental microphones with carbon pencils and cups, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Bell telephone, mahogany case, 1878

1878

Granular microphone in glass tube, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Chain of Office

1927

1914-1915 star medal - G F W Keen

1915

Travelling tea case in leather case

1895