Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Sir W. F. Cooke's original electric alarum, 1835-1840

1835-1840

Chart of the Atlantic showing proposed course of the Atlantic Cable, 1856-1857

1856-1857

Lead weight marked 'Reid' from the first cross-Channel telegraph cable, 1850.

1850

Transmitting keys for Five-needle telegraph, 1837-1846

1837-1846

Cooke and Wheatstone's ABC telegraph transmitter

1840

Section of first telegraph cable, 1837

1837

Repeating watch movement by Vulliamy

1800

Watch with spring detent escapement by John Arnold and Son

1788

Half-quarter repeating gold watch by Mudge and Dutton

1791

Terrestrial globe by John and William Cary, London

1790-1794

Gold watch with the owner's name in place of hour numbers, by William Hardy

1820

Table clock by Johnson

1775-1785

Deck-watch used by Capt. William Parry during his attempt to reach the North Pole, 1827

1823

Gold watch with spring detent escapement by Ellicott and Taylor

1815

Gold and enamel half-quarter repeater watch by Brockbanks

1812

Marine chronometer by Charles Shepherd

1840-1850

Mail guard watch by George Littlewort

1825

Watch with chaff-cutter escapement by John Grant

1804

Gold lever escapement watch by John Leroux

1785

Watch in a puddingstone, gold and diamond case by John Leroux

1775-1785

Portrait oil painting of John Arnold and family 1783-1787

1783-1787

Watch and compass by Benjamin Webb

1799

Gold and enamel pair cased watch by Justin Vulliamy

1775

Parts from a constant-force escapement by Thomas Mudge

1785

Chronometer movement by John Arnold

1775

Marine chronometer movement by Brockbanks

1787

Watch movement by John Grant

1800

Watch made for the 1851 Great Exhibition by Alexander Watkins

1851

Clock-watch by Daniel De St Leu

1797

'Dutch forgery' watch signed John Wilter

1780

Clear glass shop round for Quinine

1801-1850

Amulet against the evil eye in the form of a fish

1801-1830

Gold, porcelain, and ivory denture set

1840-1860

Partial upper denture

1780-1860

Pair of turn pin spectacles

1823-1825

Pair of extending spectacles

1808-1840

Two lancets in a patterned silver case

1844

Pastille burner in the shape of a house

1821-1850

Decorative mother-of-pearl case for lancets

1803-1847

Engraved lancet case

1826

Lancets in silver case

1826

Silver snuff box, United Kingdom, presented in 1832

1832

Silver vinaigrette with hinged lid

1809

Leaflet for a work entitled 'Cases of successful practice with Perkin's Patent Metallic Tractors'.

1801

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1860

Bronze bust of William Stuart

1855

Five-needle train signalling instrument used on the London and Blackwall Railway

1840

Obstetrical forceps

1783-1843

Half-penny coin

1799