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Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Stipple-engraved portrait of Benjamin Martin

1815

Slide rule for exchange of weights and measures

1815

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

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

East Indiaman Herefordshire

1815

Steam locomotive used at Hetton Colliery

1822

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

Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton

1820

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Seal, Stockton & Darlington Railway

1821

Phrenological head

1821

Stained plaster phrenological bust

1821

Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB

1990-95

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Drawing of Singhi Dalan in Rajmahal, Jharkhand, India

1856-11

Replica of Lightning Conductor by Benjamin Franklin, United States, 1730-1760

1730-1760 (original); 1931-1939 (replica)

Model of a Phoenician bireme ship

1845-1964

Description of a Railway on a New Principle

1823

Revised Classification of Merchandise Traffic and Revised Schedule of Maximum Rates and Charges Applicable thereto, proposed to be charged by the Eastern and Midlands Railway Company

1889-02

Roberts lathe part

1817-1823

Refracting telescope on portable altazimuth mounting, with tripod and accessories

1822

Jonathan Hull's 'A Description and Draught of a Newly-Invented Machine'

1850-1899

Two coloured aquatints of hobby horses

1819

The Costume of Yorkshire

1814

Undershot waterwheel

1820

Experimental steel alloys made by Michael Faraday (1820-1824)

1820-1824

Reproduction of Joseph Priestley's oxygen apparatus

1774; 1923

Roberts lathe accessories

1817-1823

Roberts lathe part

1817-1823

Roberts lathe part

1817-1823

Roberts lathe part

1817-1823

Standard Peck Measure

1819

Standard Bushel Measure

1819

Standard Gallon Measure

1819

Gold amulet in the form of Duamutef, Egypt, 2000-100 BCE

2000-100 BCE

Richard Trevithick

1816

Wax anatomical model of a female showing internal organs, Florence, Italy, 1818

1818

Astronomical Rotula produced by Thomas Jones 1817

1817

Wollaston slide rule of chemical equivalents, 1814.

1814

Walker's Railway Time Table, and Coach, Omnibus and Carriers' List

1883-01