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Place
Material
Date

Column dial by Henry Robert

1831-1870

James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

Silver medal, commemorates the International Health Exhibition

1884

Charles Green Aeronaut

1836

Hand loom

1825-1835

Scutcher, made by Platt Brothers & Co. Ltd

1889

Half-penny coin

1806

East Indiaman Herefordshire

1815

Architect's model of S&J Watts' warehouse

1850-1856

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

1850-1859

Great Western Railway model of 'Iron Duke', 1851

1851

Wolferton station master hand lamp

1870-1880

great north of england railway bye laws notice

1842

Model of the Lowe-Vansittart Screw Propeller Blades

1869

Henley needle galvanometer, 1855-1860

1855-1860

Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

1851

Ready reckoner for ship's cargoes

1807

Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845

1845

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

1857-1858

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Stock Exchange automatic telegraph, 1872-1880

1872-1880

Experimental carbon block microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

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

1880-1890

Trough battery, 1801-1838

1801-1838

Pair of dental forceps

1820-1855

Edison telephone, 1879

1879

Wheatstone automatic tape transmitter, 1840-1860

1840-1860

Syntonic Leyden jars, 1880-1889

1880-1889

Wine glass possibly used as a culture glass by Joseph Lister

1860-1877

Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856

1856

Stipple-engraved portrait of Benjamin Martin

1815

Model steam locomotive

1890

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

Magnetic key, 1850-1870

1850-1870

Powdered graphite microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

A.B.C. telegraph transmitter, 1835-1845

1835-1845

Morse key, 1850-1870.

1850-1870

Wine glass possibly used as a culture glass by Joseph Lister

1860-1877

Experimental carbon pencil microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Brass amulet to protect the wearer from cholera, France, 1820-1880

1820-1880

Stroh's type-printer for Wheatstone ABC communicator, 1870-1881

1870-1881

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

1840-1860

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

1879

Phrenological (Spreading) Calipers

1820-1850

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

1857-1858