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Marey sphygmograph and case

1857-1870

Early binaural stethoscope

1861-1866

Model of Grew's locomotive for ice

circa 1861

Thompson's Revolver Camera

1862

Bridge plaque - 1855

1855

Stirling single locomotive wheel casting pattern, Great Northern Railway

1870

Commemorative spade used to turn the first sod of the River Lee Conservancy's new cutting through Horse Shoe Point

1878

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

circa 1880

Brass worksplate no 517, Manning Wardle & Co

1875

Brass worksplate no 917, Manning Wardle & Co

1884

Ramsbottom speed indicator

1860

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

circa 1885

Wise's Patent Train Staff

1886

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

1858

Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858

1858-03-02

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

1865-1866

Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe

1854

Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858

1858

Catgut suture

1875

Rover 'Safety' Bicycle, 1885

1885

John Ellis

1858

Wolferton station master hand lamp

1870-1880

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

1857-1858

Atlantic cable specimen, 1865

1865

Sample of the first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

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

1857-1858

Sample of submarine telegraph cable, 1866

1866

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

1865

Writing frame for the blind, Stockholm, Sweden, 1871

1871

Stock Exchange automatic telegraph, 1872-1880

1872-1880

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Replica of Bell's 1876 'iron-box' receiver, 1959

1876

Bell telephone, mahogany case, 1878

1878

Caricature of an undertaker hoping for cholera, Europe, c. 1854

circa 1854

Caricature showing 'The State Doctor' during a cholera epidemic, Europe, c. 1854

circa 1854

Remington 44 Revolver

1863-1865

James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

Engraving: Watt's first experiment. Marcus Stone ARA pinxt; Herbert Bourne sculpt; published by Appleton & Co

1879

South-East View of Sheffield

1855

Aveling and Porter steam traction engine

circa 1871

Dagron microphotographic camera

circa 1860

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

1870-1881

Operative Society of Bricklayers

1866-1870

Drawing, design for a mirror back / unsigned

1870-1875

'Over London-by Rail', Engraving, London, England, 1872

1872

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Robert Dudgeon’s sphygmograph

1876

One of four original Swan and Raven models

1867

One of four original Swan and Raven models used by Froude

1867

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

1872