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Steam locomotive used at Hetton Colliery

1822

Phrenological head

1821

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

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

Eight-day marine chronometer by Barrauds, London

1816

East Indiaman Herefordshire

1815

Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton

1820

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Seal, Stockton & Darlington Railway

1821

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

Gold watch with spring detent escapement by Ellicott and Taylor

1815

Stained plaster phrenological bust

1821

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

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

1990-95

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

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

1818

Drawing of Singhi Dalan in Rajmahal, Jharkhand, India

1856-11

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

Phantasmagoria magic lantern c. 1820

circa 1820

Model of a Montgolfier Balloon, 1783

First Public Demonstration of a Montgolfier Balloon, 4th June, 1783.

1783; 1914

Circular silver alloy token

1817-1820

Bronze medal presented in 1822nto Dr. Heinrich Meyer by D. Loos

1822

Circular bronze medal

1822

Bronze medal

1819

Bronze medal to commemorate P. Moscati

1819

One of nine prints of early 19th century carriages

1816

One of nine prints of early 19th century carriages

1816

One of nine prints of early 19th century carriages

1816

One of nine prints of early 19th century carriages. [town coach] / Published by R. Ackermann

1816

One of nine prints of early 19th century carriages

1816

One of nine prints of early 19th century carriages

1816

One of nine prints of early 19th century carriages. [landau carriage] / Published by R. Ackermann

1816

Portrait. J. Brookes. Engraving 1822

1822

Aquatint of 'The London Engineer'

1819

Withering's Botanical microscope late form

1820

Yard and Ell Bed, 1821

1821

Colonial threepence coin of George III

1816

Sovereign coin of George III

1817

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Half-Sovereign coin of George III

1818

Franc coin of Louis XVIII (France)

1820

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Simple microscope adapted for viewing living opaque objects

1820