'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
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
Piston and Rod, from Newcomen Pumping Engine 'Old Sarah'
1815
Handbill, Theatre Royal, Covent Garden
1824
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Model, of Woolf's Water Tube Boiler, 1819
1819
Silver ear trumpet hearing aid, London, England, 1814
1814
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
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
Stained plaster phrenological bust
1821
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Near Wellington, Shropshire
1821
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
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
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Model of an Assyrian kelek or raft of inflated ox-hides, one of three models of Babylonian vessels of skin
700 BCE; 1931
Model of Mud House
6000-5000BCE
Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430
1960-1979
Model of a Phoenician bireme ship
1845-1964
Burial mask of Agamemnon, Greek, c. 1550 BCE
1600-1500 BCE (original); 1900-1914 (copy)
Plan and Section of the intended Railway or Tramroad from Stockton by Darlington to the Collieries near West Auckland
1822
Flymo Super Professional 47 rotary air cushion mower
1979-80
Panoramic lantern slide
1820
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