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Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

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

1770

Difference Engine No. 1

circa 1832

Snuff Box, England, 1771-1830

1771-1830

Cubical polyhedral sundial

1751-1800

Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg

1801

Vaginal Speculum for Applying Leeches

1801-1830

'Memento mori' watch in the form of a skull, known as the 'Mary Queen of Scots' watch.

1780-1850

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

Laennec's stethoscope

1815-1825

Shaving by Steam

1800-1830

Sewing machine by Elias Howe

circa 1846

Model, of Woolf's Water Tube Boiler, 1819

1819

Rocket locomotive

1829

Slotting machine

1835

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848

1848

Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.

1785

Transverse folding spectacles

1796-1798

Prototype of the Brougham carriage

1838

Maudslay 's Lord Chancellor bench micrometer

1805

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Furness Railway steam locomotive 'Coppernob' 0-4-0, No 3, 1846

1846

Britannia statue

1849

Palmer's micrometer (replica)

circa 1848

Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family

1760-1775

Plaster model of the lunar surface

1844

Phrenological head

1821

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Half-penny coin

1806

Small white cup in soft paste porcelain

1748-1763

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

Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company

1794

Bishop Auckland & Weardale Railway seal die

1837

Guard's chronometer, Birmingham & Derby Junction Railway

1834-1844

London & Birmingham Railway clock

1837

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

1820

Joseph Priestley LLD FRS

1782

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

1822-1840

View of the Britannia Tubular Bridge

1850

Praeclarissimus Isaacus Newton Eques

1787

Metric volumetric rule, with 0.05 to 100 litres graduations

1803-1828

Expedition Crane

1764

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

circa 1840