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

1780-1850

Sans Pareil

1829

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

1846

Rocket locomotive

1829

Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.

1850

Electrical chimes by George Adams

1781-1790

Set of sixty miniature heads used in phrenology

1831

Laennec's stethoscope

1815-1825

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

1791

Marine chronometer by John Arnold and Son

1795

Vaginal Speculum for Applying Leeches

1801-1830

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Phrenological head

1821

Britannia statue

1849

great north of england railway bye laws notice

1842

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

Slotting machine

1835

Stockton & Darlington Railway carriage

1847

Stanhope square demonstrator, c.1805.

circa 1805

Ready reckoner for ship's cargoes

1807

‘Medico-Electrical Machine’ by Nairne and Blunt

1782-1793

Lunardi's second balloon ascending from St. George's Fields, 1785

1785-1790

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

1784

Stipple-engraved portrait of Benjamin Martin

1815

100 Link Steel Surveying Chain, 1784.

1784

Slide rule for exchange of weights and measures

1815

London & Birmingham Railway pocket watch

1842

Chronometer in Gold Case by Thomas Earnsham, 1795-1810

1795-1810

Trough battery, 1801-1838

1801-1838

Wheatstone printing telegraph, 1841

1841

Cooke and Wheatstone's four needle telegraph, 1838

1838

Cooke and Wheatstone double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

Machine used for covering wires with silk and cotton, 1837

1837

Cooke and Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

Deck-watch used by Capt. George Vancouver on board HMS Discovery 1791-5

1791

Gold watch by John Gibson, Royal Exchange

1808

Pivoted-detent escapement watch by Larcum Kendall

1786

Watch with four outer cases, made by Edward Prior for the Turkish export market

1800

Spring-detent escapement watch in a gold case by Reid & Co. London

1807

Watch movement with spring detent escapement by John Arnold and Son

1787

Watch with Prest's keyless winding by John Roger Arnold

1821

Deck watch by John Arnold and Son

1790

Spring-detent escapement watch with gold case by John Arnold and Son

1796

Spring detent watch by John Arnold, used by Ruth Bellville and family to distribute GMT c.1834-1940

1794

Spring-detent escapement watch with gold case by John Barwise

1800

Compass

1800

Under-painted horn pair cased watch by George Flote

1800