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Thomson mirror speaking galvanometer, 1858

Telecommunications

1858

Portable double-needle telegraph and test set, 1850

Telecommunications

1850

three-nail microphone, 1875-1880

Telecommunications

1875-1880

Grid slide from prototype Cox selenium-cell magnifier equipment, 1919-1920

Telecommunications

1910-1920

Brush for cleaning textile mill machinery

Textile Industry

1880-1940

carriage ashtray from Quintinshill disaster

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1915

Lancashire Loom

Textile Industry

c. 1880

Trademark printing block

Textile Industry

Ribbon loom with jacquard head

Textile Industry

c. 1900

'Kissing' shuttle

Textile Industry

1937

William Thomson's marine mirror galvanometer, 1850-1900

Telecommunications

1854

Le Prince Single-lens Cine Camera

Cinematography

1888

Bell telephone, mahogany case, 1878

Telecommunications

1878

Pye 'Cambridge International' 11-band broadcast receiver, 1953

Radio Communication

1953

Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

Telecommunications

1851

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

Telecommunications

1857-1858

Embossing telegraph receiver 1878-1900

Telecommunications

1878-1900

Flying shuttle

Textile Industry

1920-1960

Conoid surface model

Mathematics

1872

Print, 'Searching Fault' scene on 'Great Eastern' during the laying of the first Atlantic cable, 1865-1867

Telecommunications

1865-1867

Print, 'Interior Tanks', a scene on 'Great Eastern' during the laying of the first Atlantic cable, 1865-1867

Telecommunications

1865-1867

selector switch, 1903

Telecommunications

1903

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

Water Transport

1927-1929

Henley needle galvanometer, 1855-1860

Telecommunications

1855-1860

Mobile telephone call box used in Cameroon, 2008-2012

Telecommunications

2008-2012

Silver thimble, used to pass a current through the 1866 Transatlantic cable, 1860-1866

Telecommunications

1860-1866

Mobile telephone call box from Cameroon, 1997-2012

Telecommunications

1997-2012

Morse sounder, 1835-1910

Telecommunications

1835-1910

Standard morse key, 1880-1950

Telecommunications

1880-1950

Wall telephone with Blake transmitter, 1880-1900

Telecommunications

1880-1900

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

Telecommunications

1890-1910

Model of wire screen in octagonal frame used by Heinrich Hertz, 1949

Radio Communication

1949

Model of the ‘Optimus’ water closet, England

Domestic Appliances

1870

Steljes ABC type printing telegraph receiver

Telecommunications

1895-1910

Analogue music synthesizer.

Acoustics

1970

Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family

Optics

1760-1775

Magnetic compass and sundial by Henry Sutton

Navigation

1650-1665

polarized 'guillotine' relay, 1862-1866

Telecommunications

1862-1866

Original wheel or steel-disc coherer, 1902

Radio Communication

1902

Experimental microphone, 1878-1890

Telecommunications

1878-1890

section of first telegraph cable, 1837

Telecommunications

1837

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

Radio Communication

1875-1880

Wheatstone ABC telegraph receiver, 1942

Telecommunications

1842

Dandy car, North British Railway

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

United States Army Air Force camera

Photographic Technology

1940-1945

Terrestrial Globe by George Adams

King George III

1766

Central Battery transmitter (sectioned), 1903-1926

Telecommunications

1903-1926

Submarine repeater valve, 1950-1960

Electronic Components

1950-1960

Reis telephone transmitter, 1863

Telecommunications

1863

Bell's harmonic telegraph receiver, 1925-1958

Telecommunications

1925-1958