'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton
1820
Phrenological head
1821
'Dr Syntax and his wife making an experiment in pneumatics', print, London, England, 1820
1820
Reproduction in wood, Dr Joseph Black
1809
Stipple-engraved portrait of Benjamin Martin
1815
Slide rule for exchange of weights and measures
1815
Cylinder electrical machine, 1810-1817
1810-1817
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Watch with Prest's keyless winding by John Roger Arnold
1821
Automaton watch by Jean Robert Soret
1812
Silver one-minute tourbillon watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet, sold to the Princess de Valençay in 1812.
1812
Gold watch by Robert Roskell
1814
Eight-day marine chronometer by Barrauds, London
1816
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Copy of Chamberlen obstetric forceps
1813
Hedley's experimental model for testing adhesion.
1812
Five wooden molecular model balls
circa 1810
East Indiaman Herefordshire
1815
Piston and Rod, from Newcomen Pumping Engine 'Old Sarah'
1815
Handbill, Theatre Royal, Covent Garden
1824
Plaster cast of Matthew Boulton
1809
Silver Regency tripod mustard pot
1811-1812
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
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
Steam locomotive used at Hetton Colliery
1822
Sunderland ware jug decorated with pink lustre bands and splashes
1813
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Gold watch with the owner's name in place of hour numbers, by William Hardy
1820
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
Stained plaster phrenological bust
1821
Silver vinaigrette with hinged lid
1809
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Near Wellington, Shropshire
1821
'Puffing Billy' Locomotive with Tender and Rails
1813-1814
Seal, Stockton & Darlington Railway
1821
Phrenological head of Francis Gall
1823
Phrenological head of unidentified individual
1824
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Wax anatomical model of a female showing internal organs, Florence, Italy, 1818
1818
Token, copper, 34mm diameter. Sheffield workhouse penny
1813
Engraving: Interior of an Iron Mine in Sweden by L. Byrne after Martin. Published by Cadell
1822
Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE
2050-1750 BCE