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Octant made of ebony and brass

1830-1835

Model, press for cutting out coin blanks

circa 1808

Bust of James Watt in Parian Ware made by Josiah Wedgwood & Sons from original by E.W. Wyon

after 1859

Steel hand reamer with front end turned in

1790-1819

Spirit level

1790-1819

Wood and iron truss for sculpture machine

1790-1819

Herschel, William, head and shoulders

1808

Piece wax tube with mouth piece

1790-1819

Box containing minerals and mixing sticks

1790-1819

The Great Central Railway Station, Newcastle on Tyne

1850

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Portrait bust of Henry Maudslay

before 1857

Vacuum Gauge by Boulton and Watt

1794

English wooden doll

circa 1780

Half-penny coin

1806

Half-penny coin

1799

Jug showing the entrance to the Liverpool & Manchester Railway

1830

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)

Paddlewheel used by James Joule

c1860

Engraving Carte de la Rade e Cherbourg levée en l'année 1787

1787

Set of 7 square brass grain weights and two folded pieces of paper: one of which is inscribed with ‘Alicante’, for the Mark of Alicante from the Castlereagh Collection

1800-1818

Set of 8 brass nested cup weights for the Mark of Alicante from the Castlereagh Collection for Alicante

1800-1818

Sycamore (wood) case with lid, for the Mark of Alicante from the Castlereagh Collection

1800-1818

Achromatic doublet lens with a focal length of 52 inches

1780

Thomson (Lord Kelvin) double curb transmitter, 1858

1858

Insulators used for Morse's telegraph, 1835

1835

Portable double-needle telegraph and test set, 1850

1850

Type used for original Morse telegraph, 1835

1835

Cooke and Wheatstone’s double-needle telegraph, 1838

1838

Sir W. F. Cooke's original electric alarum, 1835-1840

1835-1840

Cooke and Wheatstone's ABC telegraph transmitter

1840

Table clock by Johnson

1775-1785

Portrait oil painting of John Arnold and family 1783-1787

1783-1787

Watch incorporated into a ring

1785-1795

Orrery clock with a glass celestial globe

1795-1805

Quarter-repeating automaton watch

1800-1830

Clear glass shop round for Quinine

1801-1850

Plaque showing the development of a human embryo

1801-1830

Wax plaque showing a dissected female figure

1801-1830

Plaque showing the development of a human embryo

1801-1830

Wax plaque of woman showing foetus in the womb

1801-1830

Obstetric forceps

1780-1820

Amulet against the evil eye in the form of a fish

1801-1830

Dispensing pot for powdered quinine

1801-1830

Gold, porcelain, and ivory denture set

1840-1860

Dental impression tray

1830-1850

Partial upper denture

1780-1860

Monaural stethoscope and percussor

1846-1855

Wax plaque showing a dissected female figure

1801-1830

Pair of extending spectacles

1808-1840