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Whitworth standard wire gauge

1869 to 1897

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

1815

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Hangman's rope, England, 1870-1888

1870-1888

Shaving by Steam

1800-1830

Distinguished Men of Science

1862

Portrait bust of Henry Maudslay

before 1857

Bronze ticket medal for admission and commemoration of the exposition et congres d' Hygiene et de Sauvetage

1876

Panorama de Paris

1878

Carding Engine

1896

Wrap reel/Hank winder

1877

Half-penny coin

1806

Water frame spindle

1800-1830

Oval badge

1891

newhaven harbour co bridge byelaws notice

1867

Sectional Model of a Beam Engine, 1866.

1866

Herschel, William, head and shoulders

1808

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Handbill, Theatre Royal, Covent Garden

1824

Winding Engine, Stanhope & Tyne Railway

1833

Stained glass panel from Gorton Works

1897

Stained glass panel from Gorton Works

1897

Plaster cast of Matthew Boulton

1809

Poster advertising lectures on phrenology, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, 1851

1851

Paddlewheel used by James Joule

c1860

Bridge used to span the River Gaunless at West Auckland

1823-1825

Tank wagon, North Eastern Railway - Shell-Mex and BP Ltd

1889

Four-Wheeled Hand Crane

1850

Locomotive tender no. 1002, Great Northern Railway

1893

NER 0-6-0 '1001' class steam locomotive and tender, No 1275, 1874

1874

London Brighton & South Coast Railway locomotive Boxhill

1880

Brake van, London & South Western Railway

1894

North Eastern Railway locomotive Aerolite

1869

Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1st Class carriage 'Traveller'

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Sans Pareil

1829

Brake composite/observation saloon

1897

Steam locomotive, 'Bauxite'

1874

London & North Western Railway 'Hardwicke'

1873

Britannia statue

1849

Tables of lifetimes, annuities, and premiums

1864

Geometrical Groin Vault, string surface model

1872

Marine barometer by R.B. Bate

mid-1800s

Cupriferous sandstone from Schweinkopf

before 1889

Clockwork drive, for refracting telescope of 5.9-inch aperture

1829

Refracting telescope of 5.9-inch aperture, mounted on English type equatorial mounting with off-set lead counterweight

1829

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

Set of 8 brass handled

1890

Lucien Sharpe sheet metal gauge

circa 1850