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Steam locomotive No. 1 'Locomotion', Stockton & Darlington Railway

1825

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Copy of Chamberlen obstetric forceps

1813

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Reproduction in wood, Dr Joseph Black

1809

Oval snuff box, England, 1807

1807

Model of Stockton & Darlington Railway locomotive no. 5 "Royal George"

1827

Reproduction in wood. No 127

1808

Stanhope square demonstrator, c.1805.

circa 1805

Half-penny coin

1806

East Indiaman Herefordshire

1815

Ready reckoner for ship's cargoes

1807

Stipple-engraved portrait of Benjamin Martin

1815

Cylinder electrical machine, 1810-1817

1810-1817

'Dr Syntax and his wife making an experiment in pneumatics', print, London, England, 1820

1820

Diploma awarding honorary membership of the London Vaccine Institution, London, England, 1826

1826

model locomotion no 1

1825

Metric volumetric rule, with 0.05 to 100 litres graduations

1803-1828

Slide rule for exchange of weights and measures

1815

model steam locomotive

1826

Conjectural model of Trevithick's locomotive 'Catch-me-who-can'

1808

Laennec's stethoscope

1815-1825

Hedley's experimental model for testing adhesion.

1812

Weights and measures

1805

Phrenological head of unidentified individual

1824

Silver Regency tripod mustard pot

1811-1812

Bridge used to span the River Gaunless at West Auckland

1823-1825

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)

Steam locomotive used at Hetton Colliery

1822

Boundary marker from Stockton & Darlington Railway

circa 1821-1825

Liverpool & Manchester Railway Co. seal die

1826

Seal, Stockton & Darlington Railway

1821

Replica of 16th century German 'Hund' wagon, 1986

1986 (replica); 1501-1600 (original)

Engraved lancet case

1826

Silver vinaigrette with hinged lid

1809

Lancets in silver case

1826

Plaster cast of Matthew Boulton

1809

Half-penny coin

1806

Piston and Rod, from Newcomen Pumping Engine 'Old Sarah'

1815

Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement

1705-1737

Phrenological head of Francis Gall

1823

Oersted Compass Needle, 1828

1828

Handbill, Theatre Royal, Covent Garden

1824

Pair of turn pin spectacles

1823-1825

Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton

1820

Near Wellington, Shropshire

1821

Ebony and brass octant.

1805-1815

Chaldron wagon, Stockton & Darlington Railway

1815-1825