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Model, of Woolf's Water Tube Boiler, 1819

1819

Chemical Lectures

circa 1810

Silver ear trumpet hearing aid, London, England, 1814

1814

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Silver pill box engraved with a triangular pattern, Birmingham, England, 1801

1801

Phrenological head of Francis Gall

1823

Phrenological head of unidentified individual

1824

Chaldron wagon, Stockton & Darlington Railway

1815-1825

Ebony and brass octant.

1805-1815

Model, press for cutting out coin blanks

circa 1808

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Machine-Screw thread making tool, by Henry Maudslay

circa 1800

Piston and Rod, from Newcomen Pumping Engine 'Old Sarah'

1815

Half-penny coin

1806

Herschel, William, head and shoulders

1808

Handbill, Theatre Royal, Covent Garden

1824

Plaster cast of Matthew Boulton

1809

Bridge used to span the River Gaunless at West Auckland

1823-1825

Marine barometer by R.B. Bate

mid-1800s

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

Sunderland ware jug decorated with pink lustre bands and splashes

1813

Boring machine, Yard No. 642

1804-1807

Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement

1705-1737

Repeating watch movement by Vulliamy

1800

Gold watch with the owner's name in place of hour numbers, by William Hardy

1820

Quarter-repeating gold watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1801-1819

Deck-watch used by Capt. William Parry during his attempt to reach the North Pole, 1827

1823

Gold watch with spring detent escapement by Ellicott and Taylor

1815

Gold and enamel half-quarter repeater watch by Brockbanks

1812

Mail guard watch by George Littlewort

1825

Watch with chaff-cutter escapement by John Grant

1804

Watch movement by John Grant

1800

Souscription watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

circa 1801

Pair of turn pin spectacles

1823-1825

Phrenological head

1821

Stained plaster phrenological bust

1821

Silver vinaigrette with hinged lid

1809

Leaflet for a work entitled 'Cases of successful practice with Perkin's Patent Metallic Tractors'.

1801

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Silver Regency tripod mustard pot

1811-1812

Steam locomotive used at Hetton Colliery

1822

Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton

1820

'Puffing Billy' Locomotive with Tender and Rails

1813-1814

Desvignes, Peter Hubert

1808 - 1883

Rickett, Thomas

1825

Trevithick's High Pressure Steam Engine and Boiler, c. 1806

1805-1806

Curricle, early 19th century

1800-1825

Paxton, Joseph

1803 - 1865