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Arkwright's Water Frame

1775

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

1791

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Trough battery, 1801-1838

1801-1838

Laennec's stethoscope

1815-1825

Cranial trephine

1771-1830

Two Perkins 'tractors'

1795-1805

Steam locomotive used at Hetton Colliery

1822

Sans Pareil

1829

'Dutch forgery' watch signed John Wilter

1780

Vaginal Speculum for Applying Leeches

1801-1830

Phrenological head

1821

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Rocket locomotive

1829

Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg

1801

Water Pipe, for Smoking Opium or Tobacco, China, 1801-1830

1801-1830

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

1837

Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company

1794

Swannington Incline Winding Engine, Leicester & Swannington Railway, 1832

1832

Divers Projets

1798

Stipple-engraved portrait of Margaret Bryan and two children

1797

Souscription watch, by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1805

'Souscription' watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1800

Repeating clock-watch with dials on front and back by Gautrin, Paris

1780

'Early 'perpetuelle' watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1783-1800

Deck watch by Breguet et Fils

1830

Repeating watch with unusual escapement by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1795

Quarter-repeating gold watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

circa 1808

Marine chronometer by E. Barthet, found on an abandoned ship

1840

Gold and enamel watch by Robert Robin

1785-1795

Netsuke depicting man with moxa on leg

1771-1800

Skull saw, part of trephination set

1771-1830

Schwann's microscope (no case)

1835

Medal, Blanchard's balloon ascent, Nuremberg, Germany, 1787

1785

Specimen of First Telegraph Line, 1837

1837

Wax male figure showing the veins and some organs of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780

1776-1780

Wax male figure showing the arteries of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780

1776-1780

Wax male figure showing the muscles of the body

1776-1780

Wooden stool with four legs and octagonal seat

1830-1840

Tire fonds, part of trephination set

1771-1830

Lenticular, part of trephination set

1771-1830

Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway, composite 1st & 2nd class railway carriage

1834

Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway 2nd Class railway carriage, 1834

1834

Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway 3rd Class open railway carriage, 1834

1834

Bishop Auckland & Weardale Railway seal die

1837

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Copy of Chamberlen obstetric forceps

1813

Spoon with folding handle

1778

Slamannan Railway commemorative plaque

1840

model steam locomotive

1826