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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

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

1780-1850

Difference Engine No. 1

circa 1832

Snuff Box, England, 1771-1830

1771-1830

Cloth tape measure

1850-1860

Sewing machine by Elias Howe

circa 1846

Schwann's microscope (no case)

1835

Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.

1850

One of the First Rechargeable Batteries, about 1860

1860

Cammann type binaural stethoscope

1845-1855

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

Skaife's Pistolgraph Camera

1858

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

1846

Builder's whole, rigged model, of SS 'Great Eastern', 1853-1857

1853-1857

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

Prototype of the Brougham carriage

1838

Netsuke depicting man with moxa on leg

1771-1800

Watt's end measuring machine

1776

Laennec's stethoscope

1815-1825

Hand loom

1825-1835

Double beam engine model

1840-1851

Trough battery, 1801-1838

1801-1838

Model paddle wheel engines of the SS 'Great Eastern'

1853-1857

Chinese celestial clockwork globe

1830

Portrait bust of Henry Maudslay

before 1857

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)

Palmer's micrometer (replica)

circa 1848

Portable double-needle telegraph and test set, 1850

1850

Dental impression tray

1830-1850

Medal commemorating the first manned balloon flights

1784

Gold lever escapement watch by John Leroux

1785

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

1775-1785

Watch made for the 1851 Great Exhibition by Alexander Watkins

1851

Phrenological head

1821

Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton

1820

Rocket locomotive

1829

Anatomical Drawing of a Human Skeleton

1840

James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

Colour lithograph of the S.S. 'Great Eastern'

1850-1859

The Great Exhibition Polka 1851

1851

Lithograph, Chronological pictures of English History

1850-1859

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

1837

Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company

1794