Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775
1775
Vaginal Speculum for Applying Leeches
1801-1830
Snuff Box, England, 1771-1830
1771-1830
Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg
1801
Difference Engine No. 1
circa 1832
Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788
1788
Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770
1770
Cubical polyhedral sundial
1751-1800
Orrery made by John Rowley for the Earl of Orrery
1712-1713
Sewing machine by Elias Howe
circa 1846
'Memento mori' watch in the form of a skull, known as the 'Mary Queen of Scots' watch.
1780-1850
Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral
1769
Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia
1847-1848
Furness Railway steam locomotive 'Coppernob' 0-4-0, No 3, 1846
1846
Rocket locomotive
1829
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
'Bell-crank' engine, c. 1799
1795-1805 (original)
Cranial trephine
1771-1830
Shutt End Colliery Railway steam locomotive 'Agenoria'
1829
Lunardi's second balloon ascending from St. George's Fields, 1785
1785-1790
Small orrery by Benjamin Martin
1738-1777
Trough battery, 1801-1838
1801-1838
Pocket globe in case by Dudley Adams
1799-1802
Schwann's microscope (no case)
1835
Hand loom
1825-1835
Dental Pelican for Tooth Pulling
1701-1800
Cumulostratus forming; fine weather Cirri above
1849
Prototype of the Brougham carriage
1838
Model of the "Planet" Locomotive
1830 (original); 1967 (model)
Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family
1760-1775
Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.
1763
Phrenological head
1821
Plaster model of the lunar surface
1844
Watch in a puddingstone, gold and diamond case by John Leroux
1775-1785
Equinoctial ring sundial
1719-1791
Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera
1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)
Whitworth Planing Machine
circa 1842
Arkwright's Water Frame
1775
Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.
1769
Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain
1791
Anatomical Drawing of a Human Skeleton
1840
Ivory dildo, complete with contrivance for simulating ejaculation, with cloth bag
1701-1800
Medal, Blanchard's balloon ascent, Nuremberg, Germany, 1787
1785
Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845
1845
Remains of Little Eaton Gangway coal wagon, c 1798
1793-1803
Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849
1849
Slamannan Railway commemorative plaque
1840
Decorated keystone from South Stockton arch, Thornaby station
1842
Railway bridge section
1850
Seal die, Great North of England, Clarence & Hartlepool Junction Railway
1837