Bell telephone, mahogany case, 1878
1878
London & North Western Railway steam locomotive 'Pet' 0-4-0ST
1865
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
North Eastern Railway, locomotive 910
1875
London & South Western Railway Shark 2-4-0
circa 1868
Writing frame for the blind, Stockholm, Sweden, 1871
1871
Wood-working brace drill, with button-operated latch chuck, 1875-1885
circa 1880
Brass worksplate no 517, Manning Wardle & Co
1875
Ramsbottom speed indicator
1860
Lord Kelvin's 'ironclad' marine galvanometer, 1865-1866
1865-1866
Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858
1858
Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858
1858
Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835
1934
Aveling and Porter steam traction engine
circa 1871
Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph, 1858
1858
Crossley table telephone, 1879
1879
Fairlie steam locomotive model
1879
Novelty model
1955; 1830
Longcase clock, Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works
1857
Swan electric lamp
1878-1879
Penknife with three blades and a corkscrew, owned by William Marwood: executioner
1870-1880
Signal Block Bell, South Eastern Railway
1862
model sykes lock and block signalling system
1875
One of four original Swan and Raven models
1867
One of four original Swan and Raven models used by Froude
1867
Lid for Self Cleansing carbon filter
circa 1861
Stock Exchange automatic telegraph, 1872-1880
1872-1880
Edison telephone, 1879
1879
Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856
1856
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
Wheatstone receiver (Morse inker), 1867
1867
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Full size wooden model of Beloe's double rail and chair
1877
Model of the Lowe-Vansittart Screw Propeller Blades
1869
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
Wine glass possibly used as a culture glass by Joseph Lister
1860-1877
Atlantic cable specimen, 1865
1865
Sample of the first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858
1857-1858
Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858
1858-03-02
Wine glass possibly used as a culture glass by Joseph Lister
1860-1877
Engraving: Watt's first experiment. Marcus Stone ARA pinxt; Herbert Bourne sculpt; published by Appleton & Co
1879
Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858
1857-1858
Replica of Bell's 1876 'iron-box' receiver, 1959
1876
Sample of submarine telegraph cable, 1866
1866
Cast iron plaque from Queenstown Road Bridge, Battersea, London, 1865
1865
Silver model of the Eleanor Cross at Charing Cross Station
1867-1868