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John Ellis

1858

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

1858

Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858

1858

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

London & South Western Railway Shark 2-4-0

circa 1868

Model of Grew's locomotive for ice

circa 1861

Remington 44 Revolver

1863-1865

Bridge plaque - 1855

1855

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

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

1857-1858

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

1865-1866

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

South-East View of Sheffield

1855

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

1865

Ramsbottom speed indicator

1860

Signal Block Bell, South Eastern Railway

1862

Henley needle galvanometer, 1855-1860

1855-1860

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Bright's bell telegraph, 1855

1855

Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856

1856

Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858

1858-03-02

Wheatstone receiver (Morse inker), 1867

1867

Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph, 1858

1858

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Silver model of the Eleanor Cross at Charing Cross Station

1867-1868

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

1865

Glass pharmacy storage bottle

1864

Novelty model

1955; 1830

England and her Soldiers

1859

Early binaural stethoscope

1861-1866

Lid for Self Cleansing carbon filter

circa 1861

One of four original Swan and Raven models

1867

One of four original Swan and Raven models used by Froude

1867

One of the First Rechargeable Batteries, about 1860

1860

Columnar Engine, 1862

1862

Longcase clock, Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works

1857

Thomson's mirror galvanometer, 1858

1858

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Cornwall Railway Safety Rattle

1855-1865

earthenware commemorative plate displaying the company seal of the Hull & Hornsea Railway

1860

Telegraph block instrument; South Eastern Railway; Walker's patent No. 245

1855

Telegraph block instrument; Walker's

1865

Paddlewheel used by James Joule

c1860

Silver thimble, used to pass a current through the 1866 Transatlantic cable, 1860-1866

1860-1866

Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, 1934

1934

Royal footwarmer, Great Western Railway

1856