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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

Charles Green Aeronaut

1836

Hand loom

1825-1835

Half-penny coin

1806

great north of england railway bye laws notice

1842

Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.

1785

Small crucible, large broken piece missing

1790-1819

Crucible, broken, with three fragments present

1790-1819

Wood and iron truss for sculpture machine

1790-1819

One plaster mould

1790-1819

9" Dovetail saw with open mahogany handle, brass back and steel blade

1790-1819

Plaster five-part arm mould

1790-1819

Crucible, piece missing, fused substance within

1790-1819

Part of four-part plaster split mould, rear of head and neck of James Watt, by James Watt

1790-1819

Four-part plaster leg

1790-1819

Spirit level

1790-1819

Plaster mould

1790-1819

Box containing minerals and mixing sticks

1790-1819

Piece of wood ,

1790-1819

Piece of wood, one side partly cut out

1790-1819

Part of four-part plaster split mould

1790-1819

Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845

1845

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Trough battery, 1801-1838

1801-1838

Stipple-engraved portrait of Benjamin Martin

1815

100 Link Steel Surveying Chain, 1784.

1784

Satirical print of a failed balloon launch from Foley House, London in 1784

1784

Divers Projets

1798

A.B.C. telegraph transmitter, 1835-1845

1835-1845

Stipple-engraved portrait of Margaret Bryan and two children

1797

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Phrenological (Spreading) Calipers

1820-1850

Single needle telegraph, 1846

1846

Wheatstone printing telegraph, 1841

1841

Machine used for covering wires with silk and cotton, 1837

1837

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

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

Full upper denture

1780-1850

Lancet case, carved with pictures of Napoleon's tomb

1821-1850

Metal hand clutching a sprig of rue

1800-1850