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Aveling and Porter steam traction engine

circa 1871

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

1872

Babbage's Analytical Engine, 1834-1871. (Trial model)

1871

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

1872

Great Northern Railway 4-2-2 locomotive Stirling Single

1870

Skaife's Pistolgraph Camera

1858

James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

Thompson's Revolver Camera

1862

One of the First Rechargeable Batteries, about 1860

1860

North Eastern Railway, locomotive 910

1875

Micrometer type mechanical comparator

1855

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Model of the ‘Optimus’ water closet, England

1870

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)

Portrait of Isaac Newton

1862-1863

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

1865

Silver model of the Eleanor Cross at Charing Cross Station

1867-1868

Brass worksplate no 517, Manning Wardle & Co

1875

Drawing, design for a mirror back / unsigned

1870-1875

Ramsbottom speed indicator

1860

Writing frame for the blind, Stockholm, Sweden, 1871

1871

Two copper and zinc chains, France, 1855-1870

1855-1870

John Ellis

1858

model sykes lock and block signalling system

1875

Dagron microphotographic camera

circa 1860

Lid for Self Cleansing carbon filter

circa 1861

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Section of the tree under which Livingstone's viscera were buried, Africa, 1873

1873

Remington 44 Revolver

1863-1865

Bright's bell telegraph, 1855

1855

Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856

1856

Wheatstone receiver (Morse inker), 1867

1867

Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph, 1858

1858

Henley needle galvanometer, 1855-1860

1855-1860

Atlantic cable specimen, 1865

1865

Sample of submarine telegraph cable, 1866

1866

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

1857-1858

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

1857-1858

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Sample of the first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

Glass pharmacy storage bottle

1864

Signal Block Bell, South Eastern Railway

1862

South-East View of Sheffield

1855

Operative Society of Bricklayers

1866-1870

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

1865

One of four original Swan and Raven models

1867

One of four original Swan and Raven models used by Froude

1867

England and her Soldiers

1859