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Difference Engine No. 1

circa 1832

Prototype of the Brougham carriage

1838

One of the First Rechargeable Batteries, about 1860

1860

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

Skaife's Pistolgraph Camera

1858

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

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

1846

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

1791

Locomotion

1834-1836

The Great Exhibition Polka 1851

1851

Lithograph, Chronological pictures of English History

1850-1859

Purse presented to George Hall esq

1853

Remains of Little Eaton Gangway coal wagon, c 1798

1793-1803

Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849

1849

Down Pipe from Maldon Witham & Braintree Railway

1846-1859

Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe

1854

Silver presentation whistle and chain, London & South Western Railway

1853

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

Marble statue of George Stephenson, 1852

1852

Guard's chronometer, Birmingham & Derby Junction Railway

1834-1844

London & Birmingham Railway clock

1837

Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son

hallmarked 1788

Ramsbottom speed indicator

1860

'Bell-crank' engine, c. 1799

1795-1805 (original)

Cramlington Colliery chaldron wagon, c 1826

1821-1831

Engraving: Watt's first experiment of steam. By James Scott after R.W. Buss

1849

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Station bell, Manchester & Leeds Railway

1842

White earthenware jug

1830-1850

Peel, Williams & Peel steam engine

1846

James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

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

1822-1840

Transverse folding spectacles

1796-1798

Transverse folding spectacles

1790-1830

Joseph Priestley LLD FRS

1782

Cast lead tobacco jar

1790-1860

Filar micrometer by William Herschel, 1780-1800

1780-1800

Edward Jenner's lancets

1801-1823

Straight spectacles

1796-1797

Cooke and Wheatstone five-needle telegraph

1837

Hedley's experimental model for testing adhesion.

1812

Vaccination lancet, London, England, 1822-1850

1822-1850

Hand spectacles. medium single fold away front

1780-1850

Dudley Adams

1796-1826

Meerschaum tobacco pipe

1790-1840

Weights and measures

1805

Entrance into Manchester across Water Street

1831

Thames Tunnel opening commemorative medal, 1843

1843