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Portrait bust of Samuel Hahnemann

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1835

Massey's patent, frictionless ocean depth sounder

Navigation

1836

Islamic astrolabe, 1849

Astronomy

1849

Travelling smoking set, Europe, 1815-1820

Smoking

1815-1820

Massey's patent ships' log

Navigation

1854-1857

Frog's foot specimen prepared by Joseph Lister

Veterinary Medicine

1857

Manchester and Birmingham Railway Carriage

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1840

Diorama of the West Portal of Box Tunnel, built 1841

Civil Engineering

1841

Electrostatic generator

Electricity and Magnetism

c.1820

Swainson Birley Mill

Art

c. 1834

Joinery Tools

Hand and Machine Tools

1850-1860

Model of a sugar cane mill, c.1850

Model of a sugar cane mill

Domestic Appliances

c. 1850

Lathe

Hand and Machine Tools

1822

Magic lantern slide showing The Moon

Cinematography

c. 1860

Station platform with Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

c. 1850

Travelling on the Liverpool & Manchester Railway, 1833

S. G. Hughes

1833

j c bourne book

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1846

Hull lead works penny token, 1812.

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1812

Wheatstone's automatic telegraph transmitter, 1858

Telecommunications

1858

Kentish's Engineers Slide Rule (c. 1840), three sl

Mathematics

1840-1845

Glass Lacto-Densimeter of Quevenne (c. 1860), with

Experimental Chemistry

1860

Dobereiner's Lamp (c.1830-35), by FORSTER & WEST B

Firemaking

1830-1835

Half- Quarter Repeater Pocket Watch by Thomas Earnshaw, 1810-1823

Time Measurement

hallmarked 1823

Gold Pocket Watch in Jewelled Case, 1810-1840

Time Measurement

1810-1840

Pewter snuff box with depiction of train

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1830-1840

Royal Mail Coach

Road Transport

1815-1830

Grasshopper Engine

Motive Power

1840

Steam locomotive, Hetton Colliery, 0-4-0, built by G. Stephenson and N. Wood at Hetton Colliery, Durham, withdrawn in 1912.

Steam locomotive used at Hetton Colliery

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1822

Movement with double wheel duplex escapement

Time Measurement

1820

Smith's Map of England & Wales, Containing the whole of the Turnpike Roads, Railways & Canals

Railway Maps & Plans

1845

1853-1914, police officer, French

Bertillon, Alphonse

1853 - 1914

Hood typewriter, 1857

Printing & Writing

1857

United States standard half-bushel measure, 1842

Weighing & Measuring

1842

Prince Kung

Photographs

1860

Singer Lockstitch sewing machine model of 1851, by I. M. Singer and Company or the Singer Manufacturing Company, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 1851-1855

Example of original pattern Singer sewing machine of 1851, made c. 1853.

Textiles Machinery

1851-1855

First closed diving helmet and breastplate

Protective Clothing

1839

Modified side-lever marine engine

Marine Engines

1840-1850

Bridge used to span the River Gaunless at West Auckland

Railway Infrastructure

1823-1825

Leech jar, England, 1831-1859

Therapeutics

1831-1859

Duchenne Medical Induction Machine, Paris, France, 1849

Therapeutics

1849

Polyrama Panoptique

Cinematography

c. 1850

Station Gates, London & Birmingham Railway. Gates from 'Doric Arch' of Euston Station. Heavy wrought iron with ornamental locks bearing L & BR crest.

Euston Station gates

Railway Infrastructure

1838

1813-1979, manufacturer, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, British

W and T Avery Limited

1813 - 1979

Euston Arch

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1838-1851

Allan's Saccharometer (c. 1840) signed P STEVENSON

Experimental Chemistry

1840

Medal, Bradley Wood Fete, 28-29 June 1855. White metal, 36 mm diameter. Obverse showing South Devon Railway locomotive. Reverse, scene of building; Legend, Teignmouth & Dawlish Infirmary, Established 1848, supported by voluntary contributions.

Medal, Bradley Wood Fete

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1855

Davy Lamp with Shield, 1820-1860

Mining & Ore Dressing

1820-1860

Double-mirror heliotrope

Surveying

1822

Model of oscillating paddle engines for Thames steamboat

Marine Engines

1842-1850

Pattern of lines of force produced by Faraday, about 1852

Electricity and Magnetism

1851-1855