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Column dial by Henry Robert

1831-1870

James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

Charles Green Aeronaut

1836

Hand loom

1825-1835

Dye Sample

circa 1890

Dye Sample

circa 1890

Dye Sample

circa 1890

Sample of Acid Yellow Dye

circa 1890

Scutcher, made by Platt Brothers & Co. Ltd

1889

Architect's model of S&J Watts' warehouse

1850-1856

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

1850-1859

Signal Block Bell, South Eastern Railway

1862

Silver medal, commemorates the International Health Exhibition

1884

Small printing forme representing Linotype set matter

1886

Marine thermometer by Negretti and Zambra

1890

Henley needle galvanometer, 1855-1860

1855-1860

Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

1851

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

Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854

1854

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

1880-1890

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

1858

Wheatstone automatic tape transmitter, 1840-1860

1840-1860

Edison telephone, 1879

1879

Syntonic Leyden jars, 1880-1889

1880-1889

Bright's bell telegraph, 1855

1855

Wine glass possibly used as a culture glass by Joseph Lister

1860-1877

Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856

1856

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

Lord Kelvin's 'ironclad' marine galvanometer, 1865-1866

1865-1866

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

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

Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.

1850

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

1857-1858