Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775
1775
Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg
1801
Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770
1770
Vaginal Speculum for Applying Leeches
1801-1830
Difference Engine No. 1
circa 1832
Cubical polyhedral sundial
1751-1800
'Memento mori' watch in the form of a skull, known as the 'Mary Queen of Scots' watch.
1780-1850
Snuff Box, England, 1771-1830
1771-1830
Napier's Bones
1690
Sewing machine by Elias Howe
circa 1846
Cat-o-nine Tails, United Kingdom, 1700-1850
1700-1850
Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.
1850
Dental Pelican for Tooth Pulling
1701-1800
Schwann's microscope (no case)
1835
Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788
1788
Furness Railway steam locomotive 'Coppernob' 0-4-0, No 3, 1846
1846
Camera Obscura
1701-1752
Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia
1847-1848
Prototype of the Brougham carriage
1838
Watt's end measuring machine
1776
Barnard Tompion clock
1708
Trough battery, 1801-1838
1801-1838
Model of "Firefly" class locomotive, about 1840
1840
Netsuke depicting man with moxa on leg
1771-1800
Laennec's stethoscope
1815-1825
Hand loom
1825-1835
Carving instrument used to make ivory dentures, Europe, 1701-1850
1701-1850
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Machine-Screw thread making tool, by Henry Maudslay
circa 1800
Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera
1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)
Palmer's micrometer (replica)
circa 1848
Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family
1760-1775
Orrery made by John Rowley for the Earl of Orrery
1712-1713
Portable double-needle telegraph and test set, 1850
1850
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
Chinese celestial clockwork globe
1830
Dental impression tray
1830-1850
Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton
1820
Phrenological head
1821
Medal commemorating the first manned balloon flights
1784
Rocket locomotive
1829
Anatomical Drawing of a Human Skeleton
1840
Small white cup in soft paste porcelain
1748-1763
Remains of Little Eaton Gangway coal wagon, c 1798
1793-1803
Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849
1849
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