Image
Category
Collection
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Object type
Place
Material
Date

Model railway turntable

1850

Aveling and Porter steam traction engine

circa 1871

The Demon Detective camera

1889

Dagron microphotographic camera

circa 1860

Lid for Self Cleansing carbon filter

circa 1861

Penknife with three blades and a corkscrew, owned by William Marwood: executioner

1870-1880

Model steam locomotive, North Eastern Railway

1884

Model steam locomotive

1890

London & North Western Railway steam locomotive 'Pet' 0-4-0ST

1865

Signal Block Bell, South Eastern Railway

1862

North Eastern Railway, locomotive 910

1875

Copper ore from the Bell Mine

before 1889

One of four original Swan and Raven models

1867

One of four original Swan and Raven models used by Froude

1867

Arsenical cobalt or skutterudite, from Skutterude, near Modum, Norway

before 1889

Light-bulb, filament, carbon

About 1890

Marine thermometer by Negretti and Zambra

1890

England and her Soldiers

1859

Remington 44 Revolver

1863-1865

Small printing forme representing Linotype set matter

1886

Great Western Railway model of 'Iron Duke', 1851

1851

Wolferton station master hand lamp

1870-1880

Novelty model

1955; 1830

model steam locomotive

1890

Longcase clock, Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works

1857

Model vertical cylinder fire engine

circa 1885

Shoehorn made from Rescued Brass from Thirsk Disaster

1892

Writing frame for the blind, Stockholm, Sweden, 1871

1871

Two copper and zinc chains, France, 1855-1870

1855-1870

Self-flushing gutter pipe, England, 1850-1875

1850-1875

Rectangular snuff box

1850-1890

Model of Grew's locomotive for ice

circa 1861

Wood-working brace drill, with button-operated latch chuck, 1875-1885

circa 1880

seal die - Colne Valley and Halstead Railway

1856

Carriage key

1875-1890

Wivenhoe & Brightlingsea Railway

1861

seal die - Bishop Stortford, Dunmow and Braintree railway

1861

Experimental carbon pencil microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Powdered graphite microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Experimental microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Experimental carbon block microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Experimental microphones with carbon pencils and cups, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Granular microphone in glass tube, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

1858

Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858

1858

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

1865-1866

Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854

1854

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

One of the First Rechargeable Batteries, about 1860

1860

Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858

1858-03-02