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One of the First Rechargeable Batteries, about 1860

1860

Thompson's Revolver Camera

1862

Skaife's Pistolgraph Camera

1858

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

John Ellis

1858

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

London & South Western Railway Shark 2-4-0

circa 1868

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Dagron microphotographic camera

circa 1860

Columnar Engine, 1862

1862

James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

Remington 44 Revolver

1863-1865

Model of Grew's locomotive for ice

circa 1861

Ramsbottom speed indicator

1860

Wivenhoe & Brightlingsea Railway

1861

Silver model of the Eleanor Cross at Charing Cross Station

1867-1868

seal die - Bishop Stortford, Dunmow and Braintree railway

1861

Signal Block Bell, South Eastern Railway

1862

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

1865

Novelty model

1955; 1830

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

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

1858

Wheatstone receiver (Morse inker), 1867

1867

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

1865-1866

Wheatstone's portable ABC telegraph, 1858

1858

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Early binaural stethoscope

1861-1866

Glass pharmacy storage bottle

1864

Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858

1858

Atlantic cable specimen, 1865

1865

Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858

1858-03-02

Sample of submarine telegraph cable, 1866

1866

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

1865

England and her Soldiers

1859

newhaven harbour co bridge byelaws notice

1867

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

1860-1866

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Telegraph block instrument; Walker's

1865

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

1934

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Paddlewheel used by James Joule

c1860

Domestic Sewing Machine for chain stitich

1868

Bust of James Watt in Parian Ware made by Josiah Wedgwood & Sons from original by E.W. Wyon

after 1859

Early submarine cables and grapnel, 1858-1866.

1858-1866

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)