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Early binaural stethoscope

1861-1866

Model of Grew's locomotive for ice

circa 1861

Thompson's Revolver Camera

1862

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

Wood-working brace drill, with button-operated latch chuck, 1875-1885

circa 1880

Brass worksplate no 517, Manning Wardle & Co

1875

Brass worksplate no 917, Manning Wardle & Co

1884

Ramsbottom speed indicator

1860

Mantel clock, presented to T.W. Worsdell - Great Eastern Railway

circa 1885

Wise's Patent Train Staff

1886

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

1858

Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858

1858-03-02

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

1865-1866

Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858

1858

Catgut suture

1875

Rectal speculum

1870-1890

Rover 'Safety' Bicycle, 1885

1885

John Ellis

1858

Wolferton station master hand lamp

1870-1880

Atlantic cable specimen, 1865

1865

Sample of submarine telegraph cable, 1866

1866

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

1865

Writing frame for the blind, Stockholm, Sweden, 1871

1871

Dye Sample

circa 1890

Dye Sample

circa 1890

Dye Sample

circa 1890

Sample of Acid Yellow Dye

circa 1890

Stock Exchange automatic telegraph, 1872-1880

1872-1880

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Replica of Bell's 1876 'iron-box' receiver, 1959

1876

Bell telephone, mahogany case, 1878

1878

Remington 44 Revolver

1863-1865

James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

Scutcher, made by Platt Brothers & Co. Ltd

1889

Engraving: Watt's first experiment. Marcus Stone ARA pinxt; Herbert Bourne sculpt; published by Appleton & Co

1879

Aveling and Porter steam traction engine

circa 1871

Dagron microphotographic camera

circa 1860

Silver medal, commemorates the International Health Exhibition

1884

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Experimental carbon block microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

'Pock-marked faces: A curious illusion', anti-vaccination leaflet

1880-1890

Edison telephone, 1879

1879

Syntonic Leyden jars, 1880-1889

1880-1889

Wine glass possibly used as a culture glass by Joseph Lister

1860-1877

Model steam locomotive

1890

Powdered graphite microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Wine glass possibly used as a culture glass by Joseph Lister

1860-1877

Experimental carbon pencil microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4