Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770
1770
'Memento mori' watch in the form of a skull, known as the 'Mary Queen of Scots' watch.
1780-1850
Vaginal Speculum for Applying Leeches
1801-1830
Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera
1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)
'Early 'perpetuelle' watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet
1783-1800
Pocket globe in case by Dudley Adams
1799-1802
Rawhide bag for storing cinchona bark
1777-1785
Set of sixty miniature heads used in phrenology
1831
Huskisson Memorial
1831
Furness Railway steam locomotive 'Coppernob' 0-4-0, No 3, 1846
1846
Whitworth Planing Machine
circa 1842
Britannia statue
1849
Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family
1760-1775
Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia
1847-1848
Rocket locomotive
1829
Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775
1775
Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg
1801
Replica of Islamic Astrolabe
1066; 1876
Difference Engine No. 1
circa 1832
Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788
1788
Swannington Incline Winding Engine, Leicester & Swannington Railway, 1832
1832
Cooke's train signalling instrument of 1845, Norfolk Railway
1845
Mezzotint portrait of Benjamin Franklin
1762
Divers Projets
1798
London & Birmingham Railway pocket watch
1842
Stipple-engraved portrait of Margaret Bryan and two children
1797
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835
1934
Souscription watch, by Abraham-Louis Breguet
1805
'Souscription' watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet
1800
Repeating clock-watch with dials on front and back by Gautrin, Paris
1780
Automaton watch by Jean Robert Soret
1812
Deck watch by Breguet et Fils
1830
Repeating watch with unusual escapement by Abraham-Louis Breguet
1795
Quarter-repeating gold watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet
circa 1808
Marine chronometer by E. Barthet, found on an abandoned ship
1840
Gold and enamel watch by Robert Robin
1785-1795
Netsuke depicting man with moxa on leg
1771-1800
Lancet case, carved with pictures of Napoleon's tomb
1821-1850
Skull saw, part of trephination set
1771-1830
Schwann's microscope (no case)
1835
Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent
1783
Specimen of First Telegraph Line, 1837
1837
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848
1848
Model railway turntable
1850
Slamannan Railway commemorative plaque
1840
model steam locomotive
1826
Single-needle block instrument
1845
Wax male figure showing the veins and some organs of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
Laennec's stethoscope
1815-1825