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Steam locomotive No. 1 'Locomotion', Stockton & Darlington Railway

1825

Logic door from a Ferranti Mark I computer, 1951

1951

Hertzian oscillator, 1890-1894

1890-1894

Sample of four-core telegraph cable connecting Vancouver Island with the mainland

1904

Specimen of TAT3 cable, 1963

1963

Experimental microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Hundred and fifty cable, 1933-1969

1933-1969

Experimental microphones with carbon pencils and cups, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Britannia telephone wire joint specimen, 1900-1980

1900-1980

Telstar maser assembly with magnet, 1962-1967

1962-1967

Stud field regulator, 1900-1950

1900-1950

Specimen of the first transatlantic telephone cable, deep sea type, 1956

1956

Specimen of television cable, 1936

1936

Powdered graphite microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Guard lamps on wooden board, 1900-950

1900-1950

Prototype ‘Manpack’ ground terminals, 1980-1989

1980-1989

Section of TAT-8 transatlantic optical fibre cable, 1989

1989

1500-pair exchange area cable, 1969

1969

Experimental carbon pencil microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Technics SL-1210 Mk2 mode quartz synthesizer direct-drive turntable: one of two

1999

Light-bulb, filament, carbon

About 1890

High frequency sliding inductance on wood base, 1900-1950

1900-1950

Billi condenser used for aerial tuning in Newfoundland, 1901

1901

Desk telephone transmitter and receiver (sectioned), 1926.

1926

Copper busbars and ebonite insulators, 1900-1950

1900-1950

Wall telephone, 1880-1920

1880-1920

Stock Exchange automatic telegraph, 1872-1880

1872-1880

Marconi coherer and Admiralty pattern decoherer, 1900-1910

1900-1910

Wall telephone with battery box, 1880-1940

1880-1940

Mechanical telephone, 1880-1920

1880-1920

Wheatstone automatic tape transmitter, 1840-1860

1840-1860

Bright's bell telegraph, 1855

1855

Magneto-ringing Ericsson telephone, 1892-1920

1892-1920

Rotary convertor, 1900-1950

1900-1950

Coherer, ebonite, with adjustable contacts, 1890-1896

1890-1896

Experimental transmitting ‘jigger’ used by the Marconi Company, 1899

1899

Receiving ‘jigger’ used by the Marconi Company, 1899

1899

Morse key, 1850-1870.

1850-1870

Selector switch, 1903

1903

Ring transformer, 1892

1892

Two-valve short wave radio - telephonic receiver, 1927

1927

Filings coherer, glass tube with side-pocket attached to mounting bracket, 1894-1904

1894-1904

Pentex production unit: B switch, 1965-1971

1965-1971

Impulse sender (dial), 1915

1915

Single-needle telegraph by W. F. Cooke, 1840-1860

1840-1860

Aerial inductances, 1901

1901

Cable for aerial installation, 1930-1962

1930-1962

Henley's magneto electric double needle telegraph, 1848-1852

1848-1852

System X circuit board from digital switching subsystem, 1980

1980

Hand perforator and copy stand for Wheatstone automatic telegraph system, 1890-1910

1890-1910