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Phrenological head

1821

Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton

1820

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

model locomotion no 1

1825

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Bridge used to span the River Gaunless at West Auckland

1823-1825

Steam locomotive used at Hetton Colliery

1822

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

1820

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

1990-95

active 1829-1895, microbiologist; chemist, French

Pasteur, Louis

1822 - 1895

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

1705-1737

Electrotype replica of a 16th-century mariner’s astrolabe

1580-1588; 1930

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

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

2050-1750 BCE

Hand loom for silk weaving with Jacquard machine

c.1825

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Phrenological head of Francis Gall

1823

1820-1910, reformer of Army medical services and of nursing, British; English

Nightingale, Florence

1820 - 1910

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

1825-about 1980s, manufacturer, West Bromwich, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, British

George Salter and Company

1825 - 1990

Model of Henry Cavendish's Torsion Balance Gravitational Apparatus, 1798

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

the opening of the stockton and darlington railway

1825

Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

2000-1001 BCE

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Near Wellington, Shropshire

1821

Glass display case containing various cosmetic devices from the 1700s, England, 1880-1930

1701-1800

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

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

Plan and Section of the intended Railway or Tramroad from Stockton by Darlington to the Collieries near West Auckland

1822

Model of Mud House

6000-5000BCE

1822-1911, biostatistician, human geneticist & eugenicist, English, British

Galton, Sir Francis

1822 - 1911

Working model of Hero's Aeolipile

100-1 BCE; 1501-1600; 1914

1820-1962, periodical and magazine, London

John Bull Magazine

1820 - 1962

Drawing of Singhi Dalan in Rajmahal, Jharkhand, India

1856-11

Burial mask of Agamemnon, Greek, c. 1550 BCE

1600-1500 BCE (original); 1900-1914 (copy)

Replica Bavarian reckoning cloth, German, 16th century.

1501-1600; 1972

Model of submersible 'Turtle'

1976; 1776

Model of an Egyptian boat in XII Dynasty Tomb

1991-1783 BCE

Phrenological head of unidentified individual

1824

Stained plaster phrenological bust

1821

Phantasmagoria magic lantern c. 1820

circa 1820

Handbill, Theatre Royal, Covent Garden

1824

Mudd, James

1821 - 1906

Model of an Assyrian kelek or raft of inflated ox-hides, one of three models of Babylonian vessels of skin

700 BCE; 1931