Ramsbottom speed indicator
1860
Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858
1858
Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858
1858
Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835
1934
Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph, 1858
1858
Novelty model
1955; 1830
Longcase clock, Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works
1857
Signal Block Bell, South Eastern Railway
1862
Lid for Self Cleansing carbon filter
circa 1861
Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856
1856
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
One of the First Rechargeable Batteries, about 1860
1860
James Watt and the Steam Engine Print
1860
Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858
1857-1858
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Sample of the first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858
1857-1858
Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858
1858-03-02
Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858
1857-1858
Glass pharmacy storage bottle
1864
England and her Soldiers
1859
Model of Grew's locomotive for ice
circa 1861
John Ellis
1858
Columnar Engine, 1862
1862
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Child's ceramic alphabet bowl, North Staffordshire Railway
1860
Thomson's mirror galvanometer, 1858
1858
Larmuth Loom
circa 1860
Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, 1934
1934
Map of England and Wales jigsaw puzzle
circa 1860
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, English civil engineer, mid-19th century.
1860
Magneto-electrometer, 1857
1857
earthenware commemorative plate displaying the company seal of the Hull & Hornsea Railway
1860
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Sample of Bessemer Steel
1860
Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1st Class carriage 'Traveller'
1930 (replica); 1834 (original)
Royal footwarmer, Great Western Railway
1856
Whitehouse's induction coil, 1858
1858
'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century
1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)
Writing machine for blind people, United Kingdom, 1862
1862
Paddlewheel used by James Joule
c1860
Portrait bust of Henry Maudslay
before 1857
Thomson (Lord Kelvin) double curb transmitter, 1858
1858
Enfield Carbine Rifle
circa 1860
Distinguished Men of Science
1862
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Letter to The Atlantic Telegraph Company, 1859
1859
Copy of the Receiver and Alarm Call of Schilling's Electric Telegraph, 1870-1877
1870-1877
Chart of the Atlantic showing proposed course of the Atlantic Cable, 1856-1857
1856-1857