Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775
1775
Vaginal Speculum for Applying Leeches
1801-1830
Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia
1847-1848
Difference Engine No. 1
circa 1832
Snuff Box, England, 1771-1830
1771-1830
Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg
1801
Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788
1788
Watch in a puddingstone, gold and diamond case by John Leroux
1775-1785
Laennec's stethoscope
1815-1825
Lunardi's second balloon ascending from St. George's Fields, 1785
1785-1790
'Memento mori' watch in the form of a skull, known as the 'Mary Queen of Scots' watch.
1780-1850
Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton
1820
'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century
1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)
Windsor mantle clock
1845-1855
Phrenological head of Francis Gall
1823
Prototype of the Brougham carriage
1838
Phrenological head
1821
Sewing machine by Elias Howe
circa 1846
Cammann type binaural stethoscope
1845-1855
Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain
1791
Rocket locomotive
1829
Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent
1783
Medal, Blanchard's balloon ascent, Nuremberg, Germany, 1787
1785
Medal commemorating balloon flight of Blanchard at Frankfurt
1785
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
The Great Exhibition Polka 1851
1851
Watt's end measuring machine
1776
Remains of Little Eaton Gangway coal wagon, c 1798
1793-1803
Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849
1849
Bridge plaque - 1855
1855
Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe
1854
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
Lancet case, carved with pictures of Napoleon's tomb
1821-1850
Metal hand clutching a sprig of rue
1800-1850
Original preparation of quinine hydrochloride by Pelletier
1810-1840
Silver lancet case, empty
1833
Netsuke depicting man with moxa on leg
1771-1800
Original preparation of quinine acetate by Pelletier
1810-1840
Spoon with folding handle
1778
Nooth's apparatus, Europe, 1774-1831
1774-1831
Caricature of an undertaker hoping for cholera, Europe, c. 1854
circa 1854
Metric volumetric rule, with 0.05 to 100 litres graduations
1803-1828
'Bell-crank' engine, c. 1799
1795-1805 (original)
Engraving: Watt's first experiment of steam. By James Scott after R.W. Buss
1849
Eclipse
1841
Conjectural model of Trevithick's locomotive 'Catch-me-who-can'
1808