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

1865

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

Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph, 1858

1858

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Signal Block Bell, South Eastern Railway

1862

Lid for Self Cleansing carbon filter

circa 1861

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

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Atlantic cable specimen, 1865

1865

Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858

1858-03-02

Sample of submarine telegraph cable, 1866

1866

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

1865

Glass pharmacy storage bottle

1864

England and her Soldiers

1859

Early binaural stethoscope

1861-1866

Model of Grew's locomotive for ice

circa 1861

Remington 44 Revolver

1863-1865

John Ellis

1858

Columnar Engine, 1862

1862

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

'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

Polarized 'guillotine' relay, 1862-1866

1862-1866

Map of England and Wales jigsaw puzzle

circa 1860

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, English civil engineer, mid-19th century.

1860

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

1860

Early submarine cables and grapnel, 1858-1866.

1858-1866

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Telegraph block instrument; Walker's

1865

Sample of Bessemer Steel

1860

Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1st Class carriage 'Traveller'

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

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

1860-1866

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

Thomson (Lord Kelvin) double curb transmitter, 1858

1858

Enfield Carbine Rifle

circa 1860

Distinguished Men of Science

1862