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Category
Collection
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Object type
Place
Material
Date

Edison's electric carbon filament lamp

1879

Steam locomotive, entitled Evening Star

1960

Replica of Bell's 1876 centennial telephone transmitter, 1959

1959

Brennan's Gyroscopic Mono-rail Car

1907

Phillip's Economic Computer

1949

Wolferton station master hand lamp

1870-1880

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

1999

Dr. Mays and Dr. Prinz's Relay-operated logic machine

1951

Piece from the London University Computing Service Atlas computer

circa 1964

Experimental carbon pencil microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Logic door from a Ferranti Mark I computer, 1951

1951

Two-valve short wave radio - telephonic receiver, 1927

1927

Powdered graphite microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Desk telephone transmitter and receiver (sectioned), 1926.

1926

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

1956

Replicas of Alexander Graham Bell's 1879 'Patent Office' telephone, 1959

1959

Replicas of Alexander Graham Bell's 1879 'Patent Office' telephone, 1959

1959

System X circuit board from digital switching subsystem, 1980

1980

Specimen of lightweight transatlantic telephone cable, 1961

1961

Telstar maser assembly with magnet, 1962-1967

1962-1967

Specimen of TAT3 cable, 1963

1963

BBC L1 lip microphone, 1937-1960

1937-1960

Crossley table telephone, 1879

1879

Prototype ‘Manpack’ ground terminals, 1980-1989

1980-1989

Experimental microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Bell telephone, mahogany case, 1878

1878

Pentex production unit: B switch, 1965-1971

1965-1971

Experimental carbon block microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Experimental microphones with carbon pencils and cups, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Bright's bell telegraph, 1855

1855

Aerial inductances, 1901

1901

High frequency sliding inductance on wood base, 1900-1950

1900-1950

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

1848-1852

Experimental form of Marconi Company magnetic detector, 1900-1910

1900-1910

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

1840-1860

Receiving ‘jigger’ used by the Marconi Company, 1899

1899

Cable for aerial installation, 1930-1962

1930-1962

Atlantic cable specimen, 1865

1865

Low frequency iron core inductance, 1900-1950

1900-1950

Stroh's type-printer for Wheatstone ABC communicator, 1870-1881

1870-1881

Copper busbars and ebonite insulators, 1900-1950

1900-1950

Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

1851

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

1899

Spiral spring coherer, 1890-1894

1890-1894

Rotary convertor, 1900-1950

1900-1950

Sample of submarine telegraph cable, 1866

1866

Cooke and Wheatstone double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

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

1894-1904

Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858