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scale with metal stand for Thompson mirror speaking galvanometer, 1858

Telecommunications

1858

Thomson mirror speaking galvanometer, 1858

Telecommunications

1858

carriage ashtray from Quintinshill disaster

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1915

Cloth tape measure

Hand and Machine Tools

1850-1860

Felt and Tarrant Comptometer, 1887.

Mathematics

c. 1900

Hollerith 45 column horizontal electrical sorting machine, 1920-1930

Computing & Data Processing

1920-1930

George III's guinea and feather' apparatus

King George III

1761

George III's pendulum

King George III

1762

Le Prince Single-lens Cine Camera

Cinematography

1888

Luke Howard's original rain guage

Meteorology

1818

Terrestrial globe by John Senex

Astronomy

1738

Conoid surface model

Mathematics

1872

Model of the Blue Star Line T.S. 'Arandora Star'

Water Transport

1927-1929

Marey's Camera for phronophotography

Wellcome (general)

1882

Henley needle galvanometer, 1855-1860

Telecommunications

1855-1860

Home-made equipment for 30-line television reception, 1929-1935

Radio Communication

1929-1935

Model of the ‘Optimus’ water closet, England

Domestic Appliances

1870

Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family

Optics

1760-1775

Magnetic compass and sundial by Henry Sutton

Navigation

1650-1665

Spark gap or knob coherer, 1889

Radio Communication

1889

polarized 'guillotine' relay, 1862-1866

Telecommunications

1862-1866

Original wheel or steel-disc coherer, 1902

Radio Communication

1902

Clockwork interruptor, once owned by David Hughes, 1875-1880

Radio Communication

1875-1880

Wheatstone ABC telegraph receiver, 1942

Telecommunications

1842

Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1854

'Pedoscope' shoe-fitting X-ray viewer

Radiomedicine

1948-1953

Pocket microscope by Jeremiah Sisson

Microscopes

1752

United States Army Air Force camera

Photographic Technology

1940-1945

Terrestrial Globe by George Adams

King George III

1766

Reis telephone transmitter, 1863

Telecommunications

1863

Voigt condenser microphone, 1920-1940

Radio Communication

1920-1940

cylinder electrical machine, 1810-1817

Telecommunications

1810-1817

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

Telecommunications

1934

Receiver for Baudot Multiplex type-printing telegraph, 1911-1925

Telecommunications

1911-1925

Copying desk, with lock and key and felt on mahogany board

Printing & Writing

1780-1800

Cylindrical condensing chamber

King George III

1761

Thomson's Mirror Galvanometer, 1858

Telecommunications

1858

Gold plated BBC Micro personal computer, 1985

Computing & Data Processing

1985

Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.

Telecommunications

1850

Silicon crystal for wireless telegraphy, mounted in a locket, 1906-1916

Radio Communication

1906-1916

Mechanical Powers Apparatus

King George III

1775-1800

Compendium by Augustine Ryther

Time Measurement

1588

Trial model and spare wheels for Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine

Computing & Data Processing

c. 1870

Sinclair line selector automatic switch board, 1880-1890

Telecommunications

1880-1890

'Italian Navy' detector, 1899-1901

Radio Communication

1899-1901

Cooke and Wheatstone’s double-needle telegraph, 1838

Telecommunications

1838

replica of the satellite Telstar 1 from 1962, 1982

Space Technology

(1962); 1982

Stephenson's Rocket

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1829

Sextant by Jesse Ramsden

Astronomy

c. 1772

Copy of the receiver and alarm call of Schilling's electric telegraph, 1870-1877

Telecommunications

1870-1877