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Stephenson's Rocket

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1829

Joseph Jackson Lister's microscope, London, England, 1826

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1826

Phrenological head

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1821

Shutt End Colliery Railway steam locomotive 'Agenoria'

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1829

Sans Pareil

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1829

Musical transposition calculator, in circular slide-rule format

Mathematics

1820

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

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1825

Original preparation of quinine

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1820

Phrenological head of Francis Gall

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1823

Copy of Thimonnier's chain-stitch sewing machine, 1830.

Textiles Machinery

1830

Phrenological head, microcephalic

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1820-1830

1822-1911, biostatistician, human geneticist & eugenicist, English, British

Galton, Sir Francis

1822 - 1911

model locomotion no 1

Railway Models

1825

Oersted Compass Needle, 1828

Science Teaching

1828

Deck-watch used by Capt. William Parry during his attempt to reach the North Pole, 1827

Clockmakers

1823

1827-1912, surgeon; physician; developer of a system of antiseptic surgery, English; British

Lister, Joseph

1827 - 1912

active 1829-1895, microbiologist; chemist, French

Pasteur, Louis

1822 - 1895

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

Thomas Rowlandson

1820

Calculator for treadwheel labour, 1823

King George III

1823

Part of Two foot geodetic theodolite, British, 1826-1828

Surveying

1826-1828

Stained plaster phrenological bust

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1821

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

Ice-skate of about 1830, wood with metal runner

Road Transport

1830

active 1828-1947, marine & aeronautical navigational instrument maker, London, England, British

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947

Chinese celestial globe, 1830

Astronomy

1830

Bench vice belonging to George Stephenson

Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories

1829

Engraved lancet case

Surgery

1826

Phrenological head of unidentified individual

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1824

Lancets in silver case

Therapeutics

1826

Pair of turn pin spectacles

Ophthalmology

1823-1825

Near Wellington, Shropshire

Francis Nicholson

1821

model steam locomotive

Railway Models

1826

The Ready Reckoner' book of tables, c 1826.

Mathematics

c.1826

1829-1901, physiologist, German

Fick, Adolf Eugen

1829 - 1901

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE

The March of Intellect. Lord how this world improves as we grow older

William Heath

1829

Edward Jenner's ivory vaccination points, England, 1821

Public Health & Hygiene

1821

Model of Stockton & Darlington Railway locomotive no. 5 "Royal George", built by Timothy Hackworth.

Model of Stockton & Darlington Railway locomotive

Railways

1827

Handbill, Theatre Royal, Covent Garden

W Reynolds

1824

Bridge used to span the River Gaunless at West Auckland

Railway Infrastructure

1823-1825

1829-1904, physiologist; chronophotographer; inventor, French

Marey, Étienne Jules

1829 - 1904

Isaac Earlysman Sparrow token

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1823

1824-1880, surgeon, pathologist; anthropologist, French

Broca, Paul

1824 - 1880

'Plan and Section of the intended Railway or Tramroad from Stockton by Darlington to the Collieries near West Auckland', 1822

Railway Maps & Plans

1822

Poncelet's Water Wheel, 1824

Motive Power

1824 (original); 1891 (model)

Print of engraving, captioned The opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Sept 15, 1830

Art

1830

active 1829-1928, surgical instrument maker, London, England, British

Arnold and Sons

1829 - 1928

Silver snuff boxes, United Kingdom, presented in 1832 and 1850

Smoking

1827

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

Railway Models

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

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

Time Measurement

hallmarked 1823