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Vaginal Speculum for Applying Leeches

1801-1830

Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg

1801

Difference Engine No. 1

circa 1832

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

Sewing machine by Elias Howe

circa 1846

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

1780-1850

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

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

1846

Rocket locomotive

1829

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

'Bell-crank' engine, c. 1799

1795-1805 (original)

Shutt End Colliery Railway steam locomotive 'Agenoria'

1829

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

1785-1790

Trough battery, 1801-1838

1801-1838

Pocket globe in case by Dudley Adams

1799-1802

Schwann's microscope (no case)

1835

Hand loom

1825-1835

Cumulostratus forming; fine weather Cirri above

1849

Prototype of the Brougham carriage

1838

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Phrenological head

1821

Plaster model of the lunar surface

1844

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Whitworth Planing Machine

circa 1842

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

1791

Anatomical Drawing of a Human Skeleton

1840

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

1785

Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845

1845

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

Original preparation of quinine hydrochloride by Pelletier

1810-1840

great north of england railway bye laws notice

1842

Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.

1785

Wood and iron truss for sculpture machine

1790-1819

Spirit level

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

Original preparation of quinine acetate by Pelletier

1810-1840

'Vaporisateur du Docteur Montazeau', print, Paris, France, 1822-1840

1822-1840

View of the Britannia Tubular Bridge

1850

Metric volumetric rule, with 0.05 to 100 litres graduations

1803-1828

Shoulder papier-mache doll accompanying English wooden doll.Circa 1840

circa 1840

Thames Tunnel opening commemorative medal, 1843

1843