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Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

1858

Stock Exchange automatic telegraph, 1872-1880

1872-1880

Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858

1858

Cable grappling illustration, 1874-1924

1874-1924

Aerial inductances, 1901

1901

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

1865-1866

Steljes ABC type printing telegraph receiver No. 477

1895-1910

Experimental form of Marconi Company magnetic detector, 1900-1910

1900-1910

'Leiber's Five Letter American Telegraph Code', book issued 1915

1915

Receiving ‘jigger’ used by the Marconi Company, 1899

1899

Model of "Firefly" class locomotive, about 1840

1840

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

1870-1881

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Experimental transmitting ‘jigger’ used by the Marconi Company, 1899

1899

Single needle telegraph, 1846

1846

Murray multiplex tape transmitter, 1910-1920

1910-1920

'Italian Navy' detector, 1899-1901

1899-1901

Cooke and Wheatstone double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Keyboard for transmitting telegraphic messages, 1845-1851

1845-1851

Billi condenser used for aerial tuning in Newfoundland, 1901

1901

Machine used for covering wires with silk and cotton, 1837

1837

Cooke and Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

Siemens and Halske's ABC Telegraph used in Russia

1850-1897

De Forest syntoniser, 1902-1907

1902-1907

Moving magnet galvanometer with dial inscribed "Greenwich Mean Time", 1843-1897

1843-1897

Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858

1858-03-02

Mystery watch by Armand Schwob & Frère

1900

Deck watch by Breguet et Fils

1830

Portrait of the Reverand Henry Nelthropp MA, FSA (1820 – 1901)

1896

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

1870-1877

Gold watch with tourbillon by Girard Perregaux

1879

Ring transformer, 1892

1892

English lever escapement watch with Karrusel by S Smith and Son

1897

Marine chronometer by E. Barthet, found on an abandoned ship

1840

Box of escapement finisher's tools used by William Heyes

1900-1925

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

1849

Rolling ball clock by E. Dent and Co

1920

Enamel watch depicting the Virgin and Child

1880

Tourbillon watch manufactured by Nicole Nielsen and retailed by S Smith & Son

1907

Pocket-sized obstetrical forceps

1864-1900

Wooden figure used as container for nkisi force

1890-1910

Mother and child statue

1880-1920

Pair of obstetrical forceps

1831-1870

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Rectal speculum

1870-1890

Ceramic pot lid for cherry tooth paste

1870-1910

Amulet in form of double-headed alligator

1880-1920

Early binaural stethoscope

1861-1866

Carved wooden fetish doll or "Akua Mma"

1890-1910