Dye Sample
circa 1890
Sample of Acid Yellow Dye
circa 1890
Dye Sample
circa 1890
Longcase clock, Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works
1857
Eclipse
1841
Model of street-sweeping machine.
1850-1857
Fairlie steam locomotive model
1879
Hank Winding Machine
1897
Ring spinning frame
1901
Scutcher, made by Platt Brothers & Co. Ltd
1889
Ribbon loom with jacquard head
circa 1900
Five-line single cord switchboard, 1900-1909
1900-1909
Morse key, 1850-1870.
1850-1870
Vulcanite telephone wire insulators, 1850-1870
1850-1870
Keyboard for transmitting telegraphic messages, 1845-1851
1845-1851
Carved wooden fetish doll or "Akua Mma"
1890-1910
Syntonic Leyden jars, 1880-1889
1880-1889
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
Henley needle galvanometer, 1855-1860
1855-1860
Hertzian oscillator, 1890-1894
1890-1894
Atlantic cable specimen, 1865
1865
Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858
1857-1858
Morse tape on which signals were recorded by means of a coherer, 1900
1900
Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858
1857-1858
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
Experimental model of Marconi's magnetic detector, 1900-1910
1900-1910
The Demon Detective camera
1889
Receiving ‘jigger’ used by the Marconi Company, 1899
1899
Aerial inductances, 1901
1901
Experimental transmitting ‘jigger’ used by the Marconi Company, 1899
1899
Billi condenser used for aerial tuning in Newfoundland, 1901
1901
Experimental form of Marconi Company magnetic detector, 1900-1910
1900-1910
Sample of the first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858
1857-1858
North Eastern Railway Dynamometer Car
1906
Novelty model
1955; 1830
London & North Western Railway steam locomotive 'Pet' 0-4-0ST
1865
Cape Government locomotive and tender 4-8-0, 1896
1896
South Eastern & Chatham Railway Class D 4-4-0 steam locomotive No 737
1901
Presentation scissors, SS Vienna
1894
Bridge link
1852
Great Central Railway ship's bell, SS Dewsbury
1910
Tiled mural, North Staffordshire Railway
1897