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Cooke and Wheatstone double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

Machine used for covering wires with silk and cotton, 1837

1837

Cooke and Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

One of the First Rechargeable Batteries, about 1860

1860

Wax portrait of Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy (1780 – 1854)

1851

Wax portrait of George Atkins (1766 – 1855) by Richard Cockle Lucas

1852

Table chronometer in a gilt-metal and glazed case by Victor Kullburg

1870-1877

Ring transformer, 1892

1892

Silver kettle presented to Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy (1780 – 1854)

1849

Compound monocular microscope

1870-1880

Robert Dudgeon’s sphygmograph

1876

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

1880-1890

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Gordon universal type dental forceps

1835-1870

Catgut suture

1875

Large cast iron cam from Pollard Street archaeological excavations of Peel, Williams & Peel Co. Soho foundry

1839-1887

Shoehorn made from Rescued Brass from Thirsk Disaster

1892

Signal Block Bell, South Eastern Railway

1862

Model steam locomotive, North Eastern Railway

1884

Bridge plaque - 1855

1855

Decorated keystone from South Stockton arch, Thornaby station

1842

Mantel clock, presented to T.W. Worsdell - Great Eastern Railway

circa 1885

Stirling single locomotive wheel casting pattern, Great Northern Railway

1870

London & Birmingham Railway Guard's Clock, 1837-1839

1838

Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854

1854

Wax anatomical model of thorax showing ecthyma luridum

1825-1879

Architect's model of S&J Watts' warehouse

1850-1856

Eclipse

1841

Model of Grand Junction Railway locomotive "Wildfire", 1839

1839

Model Passenger Locomotive, 1840-1845

1840-1845

Fairlie steam locomotive model

1879

model passenger locomotive 1837

1837

Scutcher, made by Platt Brothers & Co. Ltd

1889

Keyboard for transmitting telegraphic messages, 1845-1851

1845-1851

Single needle telegraph, 1846

1846

Experimental carbon block microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Powdered graphite microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Experimental carbon pencil microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Experimental microphones with carbon pencils and cups, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Atlantic cable specimen, 1865

1865

Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858

1858-03-02

Sample of submarine telegraph cable, 1866

1866

Hertzian receiving resonator, 1890-1894

1890-1894

Granular microphone in glass tube, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Experimental microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

The Demon Detective camera

1889

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

1865

Silver model of the Eleanor Cross at Charing Cross Station

1867-1868

Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849

1849

Brass worksplate no 517, Manning Wardle & Co

1875