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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

Sample of submarine telegraph cable, 1866

1866

Sample of the first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

Specimens of Pacific cable in glazed presentation case, 1902-1923

1902-1923

Sample of transatlantic cable, 1865-66

1865-1866

Samples of 1865 transatlantic cable (shore end)

1865

Daily Herald Photograph: The Orlit house

1946-09-30

Mounted sample of 1858 Atlantic telegraph cable, 1858-1900

1858-1900

Cristoballite 8.53 pierced metal sheet, Festival Pattern Group sample, 1951

1951

Model of oscillating paddle engines for Thames steamboat

1842-1850

Sample of the 1865/66 Transatlantic Telegraph Cable

1865

Sample of 1858 Atlantic submarine cable with certificate of authenticity

1858

Cable specimen from the 1865 transatlantic cable

1865

Model of conoidal three-bladed propeller screw propeller

1839

Plastic handled lorgnette spectacles

1880-1905

One of ten glass positives photographs of lunar Eclipse

1910

One of ten glass positives photographs of lunar Eclipse

1910

One of ten glass positives photographs of lunar Eclipse

1910

One of ten glass positives photographs of lunar Eclipse

1910

One of ten glass positives photographs of lunar Eclipse

1910

Tortoiseshell rimmed spectacles

1850-1905

Three cable specimens, 1800-1949

1800-1949

Clinical Mercury Thermometer, 1898-1905

1898-1905

Glass positive:- Part of Ursa Major

1931

Tortoiseshell rimmed spectacles

1850-1905

Plastic framed lorgnette spectacles

1880-1905

One of ten glass positives photographs of lunar Eclipse

1910

One of ten glass positives photographs of lunar Eclipse

1910

One of ten glass positives photographs of lunar Eclipse

1910

One of ten glass positives photographs of lunar Eclipse

1910

One of ten glass positives photographs of lunar Eclipse

1910

Tortoiseshell rimmed spectacles

1850-1905

Tortoiseshell rimmed spectacles

1850-1905

Glass diapositive in passe-partout frame [X31] of the solar chromosphere [3

1926

Callipers used in craniology, Greenwich, England, 1850-1900

1850-1900

Ruler, wooden, marked 'Armstrong'

Cable specimen from the 1857-1858 transatlantic cable

1857-1858

Park signs showing COVID-19 rules and restrictions

2020
Sheet giving an example of work performed on Burroughs class 11 machine at H.M. Nautical Almanac Office, Greenwich

Sheet giving an example of work performed on Burroughs class 11 machine at H.M. Nautical Almanac Office

1929
Model, scale 1:12, of a Penn oscillating paddle engine (c.1845) made by W.H. Kingston during his apprenticeship with John Penn & Sons, Greenwich, 1845-1943, on wooden base with metal bound glazed shade (see note)

Small model of 2-cylinder oscillating marine engine

1845-1943
Beam engine made by John Penn and Sons, Greenwich 1870, for organ blowing, 2 cylinders side by side, 7 in. diam by 2 ft in stroke

Beam engine for organ blowing, 1870.

1870
Selection of three photographs mounted in a glazed frame showing a view of the Airy Transit circle and two aspects of Christie's Altazimuth Telescope, both at the Royal Observatory Greenwich.

3 photographs of the Airy Transit circle and Christie's Altazimuth Telescope

1914
One of three photographs in a wooden glazed frame showing one three telescopes at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. One of three photographs framed together of telescopes at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. This photograph is of the 28-inch refracting telescope by Howard Grubb with mounting by Ransome & May.

Great Equatorial

1914
One of six views of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, c.1914 mounted in glazed frame. The front court (lloking south-east) showing the Longitutde Pavilion, Transit Circle and old meridian of Bradley's transit instrument.

Front Court looking south east

1914
One of six views of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, c.1914 mounted in glazed frame. The Altazimuth building and Telescope.

The Altazimuth

1914
One of three photographs in a wooden glazed frame showing one three telescopes at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. One of three photographs framed together of telescopes at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. This of the Thompson telescope, 26-inch refracting and 30-inch reflecting telescope mounted jointly.

Thompson Equatorial

1914
One of three photographs in a wooden glazed frame showing one three telescopes at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. This is of a 13-inch astrographic refracting telescope by Sir Howard Grubb and Sons Limited used for the Carte du Ciel photographic sky survey.

Astrographic Equatorial

1904
Steam fire pump, Great Western Railway, built by Merryweather & Sons, London, in May 1902 at a cost of £157,'Valiant' model, used at Leamington Spa MPD, on loan to Old Oak Common in Nov. 1940, preserved 1959. (This model was named after HMS 'Valiant' to which it was supplied as a fresh-water pump c. 1875).

Steam fire pump, Merryweather & Sons

1902
Glass diapositive in passe-partout frame of the solar corona taken by Dr Crommelin or Davidson at Benkoelin in Sumatra on January 14th, 1926. The photograph is a copy made by the Science Museum from originals supplied by the Royal Observatory, Greenwich.

Glass diapositive in passe-partout frame of the solar corona

1926