Instructions for use
Select an object to view from the list below. To rotate either click on the rotate icon located in the bottom right hand corner of the image or click and drag within the object window.
Dawn Telephone, BT Northern Telecom (UK) Ltd, 1981
Wheatstone's automatic telegraph perforator, patented in 1858
Telecom Bronze portable phone with battery pack, mid 1980s
Carrier pigeon and message container, c. 1915
Bell's gallows telephone, 1875
Wall Telephone made by Cox Walkers, Darlington and Edinburgh, c. 1885
Bell's liquid transmitter, 1876
Model of a shutter telegraph invented by Lord George Murray in 1796
Ericofon 700. Ericsson, Sweden, 1976
Ebony mobile phone with charger and battery, 1990
Telephone made by James Pollock, Glasgow, c. 1900
Carrier pigeons were used during World War 1 (1914-1918) and World War 2 (1939-1945) to send messages back from the front lines. The message container attached to the pigeon�s leg is made of aluminium, a very light metal.