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Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

1851

Sample of 1851 Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

1851

Builder's whole, rigged model, of SS 'Great Eastern', 1853-1857

1853-1857

Automatic switch

1885

Voltmeter

1885

model, scale 1:2, segmental turning lathe

1830

Whole block ship's stern model

1857-1858

Whole block ship model

1848-1861

Model of vessel Stern fitted with John Ericsson's patent screw propellor

1836-1861

Hand-cranked model of stern of vessel fitted with Joseph Bramah's patented screw-propeller (no. 1478) from 1785

1785-1861

Ring contact switch

1885

Steelyard ammeter, 1885

1885

Roller escapement switch

1885

Whole block ship model, to illustrate 'wave-line' theory

1848-1861

Hand-crank model

1838-1861

Hand crank model of stern of vessel fitted with screw-propeller

1828-1861

Hand-cranked model

1794-1861

Brass base for model of disconnecting crank

1840-1856

Brass base for model of disconnecting crank

1840-1856

Brass base for model of disconnecting crank

1840-1856
Ring contact switch. A switch with eight contacts

Ring contact switch

1885
Working model, scale 1:16, of the side-lever engines of the P.S. 'Ruby' (1836), on stainless steel base, by Seaward and Capel, Millwall, London, England, 1836.

Working model, of the side-lever engines of the P.S. 'Ruby' (1836)

1836
Working model, scale 1:16, of John Seaward's patented folding auxiliary propeller (c.1848), by Seaward and CapelMillwall, London, England, 1848-1856

Working model, of John Seaward's patented folding auxiliary propeller

1848-1856
Brass model of a disconnecting crank with device to prevent screw from working back, labelled E, by Seaward and Co., Millwall, London, England, 1840-1856

Model of disconnecting crank

1840-1856
Brass model of a disconnecting crank, labelled' D', by Seaward and Co., Millwall, London, England, 1840-1891

Model of disconnecting crank

1824-1841
Brass model of a disconnected crank, labelled 'F', by Seaward and Co., Millwall, London, England, 1840-1856

Model of disconnecting crank

1840-1856
[Engraved share certificate re Millwall Ironworks Shipbuilding and Graving Docks Co. Issued 1864 Jun 20. Being one share of £50]

Engraved share certificate re Millwall Ironworks Shipbuilding and Graving Docks Co.

1864
Model, scale 1:36, of stern of vessel fitted with auxiliary screw propeller, with Screw-shaft on port side of rudder, by Jackson and Watkins, English, 1850-1861

Model, stern of vessel fitted with auxiliary screw propeller

1850-1861
Two models illustrating the action of screw-propellers in the water and a brass ring with two handles

Two models illustrating the action of screw-propellers

1800-1861