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Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg

1801

Difference Engine No. 1

circa 1832

Cubical polyhedral sundial

1751-1800

Snuff Box, England, 1771-1830

1771-1830

Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770

1770

Napier's Bones

1690

Prototype of the Brougham carriage

1838

Set of sixty miniature heads used in phrenology

1831

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

Wooden Acupuncture Model

1681

Vaginal Speculum for Applying Leeches

1801-1830

Celestial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu

1603

Silver star-shaped verge watch by David Ramsay

1625

Earthenware jug

1601-1700

Laennec's stethoscope

1815-1825

Plane table outfit by Benjamin Cole

1750-1766

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Compound microscope

1700

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

1705-1737

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

1791

Watch in a puddingstone, gold and diamond case by John Leroux

1775-1785

Cash sword of coins for protecting new born baby from harmful spirits

1701-1800

Arkwright's Water Frame

1775

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.

1769

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Rocket locomotive

1829

Artificial nose, Europe, 1601-1800

1601-1800

Watt's end measuring machine

1776

Remains of Little Eaton Gangway coal wagon, c 1798

1793-1803

Seal die, Great North of England, Clarence & Hartlepool Junction Railway

1837

Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company

1794

Bishop Auckland & Weardale Railway seal die

1837

London & Birmingham Railway clock

1837

Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son

hallmarked 1788

'Bell-crank' engine, c. 1799

1795-1805 (original)

Cramlington Colliery chaldron wagon, c 1826

1821-1831

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Oval snuff box, England, 1807

1807

Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.

1785

Small crucible, large broken piece missing

1790-1819

Crucible, broken, with three fragments present

1790-1819

Wood and iron truss for sculpture machine

1790-1819

One plaster mould

1790-1819

9" Dovetail saw with open mahogany handle, brass back and steel blade

1790-1819

Steel bradawl with turned hickory handle, brass ferrule and securing nut

1758-1819

Plaster five-part arm mould

1790-1819

Crucible, piece missing, fused substance within

1790-1819

Part of four-part plaster split mould, rear of head and neck of James Watt, by James Watt

1790-1819