Image
Category
Collection
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Object type
Place
Material
Date

Sample of submarine telegraph cable, 1866

1866

One of four original Swan and Raven models

1867

One of four original Swan and Raven models used by Froude

1867

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Wheatstone receiver (Morse inker), 1867

1867

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

newhaven harbour co bridge byelaws notice

1867

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

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Domestic Sewing Machine for chain stitich

1868

Sectional Model of a Beam Engine, 1866.

1866

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement

1705-1737

Copy of the Receiver and Alarm Call of Schilling's Electric Telegraph, 1870-1877

1870-1877

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1934

Facsimile 1865 homemade telephone, 1888

1888

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Medal commemorating Jacob Baart de la Faille

1867

Mechanical model to illustrate the precession of the equinoxes by Henri Robert

1867

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

needle lubricator for shafting

1866

Bust on wooden base of Andrew Ross

1859; 1986

Transmitting

1866

The Foul Flake, night of July 17

1866

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

Double-ended regulator type burner (after Bronner)

1867

Calf's Head Weight

1370-1350 BCE; 1931

Plaster replica of black Basalt Cubit Rod 531

1931; 250 BCE

Book, A W Hofmann - The Chemical Laboratories in Course of Erection in the Universities of Bonn and Berlin

1866

Plaster replica of IBEX weight

1370-1350 BCE; 1931

Chairing Canning at Heart's Content

1866

Laying the line

1866

Black stone container or palette

2000-1000

Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements

1972-3

Plano-convex brick, Ubaid, Iraq, c 2500 BC.

2500 BCE

Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promote general good health

1880-120

Haighton obstetrical forceps

1870-1850

Oesophageal forceps Durham's

1871-1830

Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB

1990-95

Henry John Stedman Cotton

1867

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

Reversible axe on adze, green stone blade, North Papua (Astrolabe Bay)

2000 BCE