Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775
1775
Vaginal Speculum for Applying Leeches
1801-1830
Snuff Box, England, 1771-1830
1771-1830
Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg
1801
Difference Engine No. 1
circa 1832
Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788
1788
Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770
1770
Cubical polyhedral sundial
1751-1800
Sewing machine by Elias Howe
circa 1846
'Memento mori' watch in the form of a skull, known as the 'Mary Queen of Scots' watch.
1780-1850
Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral
1769
Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia
1847-1848
Furness Railway steam locomotive 'Coppernob' 0-4-0, No 3, 1846
1846
Rocket locomotive
1829
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
'Bell-crank' engine, c. 1799
1795-1805 (original)
Cranial trephine
1771-1830
Wheatstone concertina
1829-1851
Shutt End Colliery Railway steam locomotive 'Agenoria'
1829
Lunardi's second balloon ascending from St. George's Fields, 1785
1785-1790
Trough battery, 1801-1838
1801-1838
Pocket globe in case by Dudley Adams
1799-1802
Schwann's microscope (no case)
1835
Hand loom
1825-1835
Cumulostratus forming; fine weather Cirri above
1849
Prototype of the Brougham carriage
1838
Model of the "Planet" Locomotive
1830 (original); 1967 (model)
Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family
1760-1775
Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.
1763
Phrenological head
1821
Plaster model of the lunar surface
1844
Watch in a puddingstone, gold and diamond case by John Leroux
1775-1785
Arkwright's Water Frame
1775
Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.
1769
Whitworth Planing Machine
circa 1842
Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera
1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)
Cammann type binaural stethoscope
1845-1855
Windsor mantle clock
1845-1855
Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain
1791
Anatomical Drawing of a Human Skeleton
1840
Nasmyth's Steam Hammer
1845-1855
Medal, Blanchard's balloon ascent, Nuremberg, Germany, 1787
1785
Architect's model of S&J Watts' warehouse
1850-1856
Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845
1845
The Great Exhibition Polka 1851
1851
Purse presented to George Hall esq
1853
Remains of Little Eaton Gangway coal wagon, c 1798
1793-1803
Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe
1854
Slamannan Railway commemorative plaque
1840
Decorated keystone from South Stockton arch, Thornaby station
1842