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'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Phrenological head

1821

Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton

1820

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Watch with Prest's keyless winding by John Roger Arnold

1821

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

1820

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Handbill, Theatre Royal, Covent Garden

1824

Steam locomotive used at Hetton Colliery

1822

Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement

1705-1737

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Seal, Stockton & Darlington Railway

1821

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

Stained plaster phrenological bust

1821

Near Wellington, Shropshire

1821

Phrenological head of Francis Gall

1823

Phrenological head of unidentified individual

1824

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Engraving: Interior of an Iron Mine in Sweden by L. Byrne after Martin. Published by Cadell

1822

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

1990-95

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

2050-1750 BCE

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

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 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

Flymo Super Professional 47 rotary air cushion mower

1979-80

Copy of apparatus used by Ampere to demonstrate that a current carrying conductor

1820

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Franc coin of Louis XVIII (France)

1820

1 quart measure

1824

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

1/2 bushel measure

1824

Glass strikes for imperial capacity measures

1824

1 peck measure

1824

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Spy Glass (c.1820)

1820

Replica of Davy's apparatus showing rotation of mercury carrying a radial current in the presence of a magnet

1823

Portrait bust of Galileo Galilei

1821-1824

Engraving, View of the Observatory erected over the Cross of St. Pauls

1821

Engraving: View of the great mine of copper at Fahlun... By L. Byrne after Martin. Published by Cadell

1822

Engraving, An interior view of John Bunyman's Meeting House Southwark - In its present state

1822

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185