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Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Vaginal Speculum for Applying Leeches

1801-1830

Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg

1801

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

1770

Cubical polyhedral sundial

1751-1800

Difference Engine No. 1

circa 1832

Snuff Box, England, 1771-1830

1771-1830

Napier's Bones

1690

Schwann's microscope (no case)

1835

Dental Pelican for Tooth Pulling

1701-1800

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

Camera Obscura

1701-1752

Prototype of the Brougham carriage

1838

Netsuke depicting man with moxa on leg

1771-1800

Spring-driven Bracket Clock by Isaac Thuret

1665-1670

Watt's end measuring machine

1776

Laennec's stethoscope

1815-1825

Hand loom

1825-1835

Barnard Tompion clock

1708

Trough battery, 1801-1838

1801-1838

Chinese celestial clockwork globe

1830

Machine-Screw thread making tool, by Henry Maudslay

circa 1800

Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family

1760-1775

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Wooden Acupuncture Model

1681

Medal commemorating the first manned balloon flights

1784

Orrery made by John Rowley for the Earl of Orrery

1712-1713

Gold lever escapement watch by John Leroux

1785

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

1775-1785

Verge escapement watch movement by Thomas Tompion and George Graham

1711

Phrenological head

1821

Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton

1820

Rocket locomotive

1829

Anatomical Drawing of a Human Skeleton

1840

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

'Vaporisateur du Docteur Montazeau', print, Paris, France, 1822-1840

1822-1840

Metric volumetric rule, with 0.05 to 100 litres graduations

1803-1828

Shoulder papier-mache doll accompanying English wooden doll.Circa 1840

circa 1840

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

1808

Wood and iron truss for sculpture machine

1790-1819

Spirit level

1790-1819

Box containing minerals and mixing sticks

1790-1819

Piece of wood ,

1790-1819

Piece of wood, one side partly cut out

1790-1819

Tumbler, horn, with silver strip around rim, 1742

1742

Small amputation saw by Braun, c.1730

1701-1800

Model 'Maximum machine', before 1753.

1740-1753