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Steam locomotive used at Hetton Colliery

Steam locomotive used at Hetton Colliery

1822

Engraved lancet case

Engraved lancet case

1826

Grave marker, grave '221'

Grave marker, grave '221'

1860-1920

One large jar:  “Fresh plaster B Apl. Ist. 1818”

One large jar: “Fresh plaster B Apl. Ist. 1818”

1818

Stephenson's Rocket

Stephenson's Rocket

1829

Castlereagh cabinet for weights

Castlereagh cabinet for weights

1815-1818

Magic lantern slide showing a baker, the devil and fair weights and measures

Magic lantern slide showing a baker, the devil and fair weights and measures

circa 1820

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Phrenological head, microcephalic

Phrenological head, microcephalic

1820-1830

East Indiaman Herefordshire

East Indiaman Herefordshire

1815

Slide rule for calculation of  treadwheel labour

Slide rule for calculation of treadwheel labour

1823

'Dr Syntax and his wife making an experiment in pneumatics', print, London, England, 1820

'Dr Syntax and his wife making an experiment in pneumatics', print, London, England, 1820

1820

Diploma awarding honorary membership of the London Vaccine Institution, London, England, 1826

Diploma awarding honorary membership of the London Vaccine Institution, London, England, 1826

1826

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

model steam locomotive

model steam locomotive

1826

Deck watch by Breguet et Fils

Deck watch by Breguet et Fils

1830

Laennec's stethoscope

Laennec's stethoscope

1815-1825

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Stipple-engraved portrait of Benjamin Martin

Stipple-engraved portrait of Benjamin Martin

1815

Slide rule for exchange of weights and measures

Slide rule for exchange of weights and measures

1815

Shutt End Colliery Railway steam locomotive 'Agenoria'

Shutt End Colliery Railway steam locomotive 'Agenoria'

1829

Part of electrostatic telegraph, 1816

Part of electrostatic telegraph, 1816

1816

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Novelty model

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Steam locomotive No. 1 'Locomotion', Stockton & Darlington Railway

Steam locomotive No. 1 'Locomotion', Stockton & Darlington Railway

1825

Portrait bust of Princess Victoria

Portrait bust of Princess Victoria

1829

Watch with Prest's keyless winding by John Roger Arnold

Watch with Prest's keyless winding by John Roger Arnold

1821

Eight-day marine chronometer by Barrauds, London

Eight-day marine chronometer by Barrauds, London

1816

One large Jar, two lids, “Fresh plaster A Apl. Ist. 1818, jar broken"

One large Jar, two lids, “Fresh plaster A Apl. Ist. 1818, jar broken"

1818

Phenakistoscope with handle

Phenakistoscope with handle

circa 1830s

Castlereagh cabinet for weights

Castlereagh cabinet for weights

1815-1818

Farmers Stockton & Darlington Railway clock

Farmers Stockton & Darlington Railway clock

1825

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

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

1815

Handbill, Theatre Royal, Covent Garden

Handbill, Theatre Royal, Covent Garden

1824

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Model, of Woolf's Water Tube Boiler, 1819

Model, of Woolf's Water Tube Boiler, 1819

1819

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)

Jug showing the entrance to the Liverpool & Manchester Railway

Jug showing the entrance to the Liverpool & Manchester Railway

1830

Lancets in silver case

Lancets in silver case

1826

Pair of turn pin spectacles

Pair of turn pin spectacles

1823-1825

Stained plaster phrenological bust

Stained plaster phrenological bust

1821

Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton

Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton

1820

Phrenological head

Phrenological head

1821

Neolithic flint scraper

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Clockwork drive, for refracting telescope of 5.9-inch aperture

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

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

1829

Phrenological head of Francis Gall

Phrenological head of Francis Gall

1823

Freud electronic laughing ball

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Ice-skate of about 1830, wood with metal runner

Ice-skate of about 1830, wood with metal runner

1830

Near Wellington, Shropshire

Near Wellington, Shropshire

1821